Domestic Violence Support
Source: National Domestic Violence Hotline
Resource Type: Website or Webpage Article
Audience(s): City or County Agency Staff, Community Member or Organization, Educators, Families, Health or Mental Health Professional, School Staff or Administrators, Students
Focus Population: BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, or People of Color), Foster Youth, Immigrant or Refugee, LGBTQ, Youth with Disabilities
Topics: Abuse and Violence
Website offers a 24/7 hotline and multiple resources for help for those in a violent relationship. The National Domestic Violence Website offers telephone numbers, and step by step help to finding the kind of help needed for your specific situation. Services are for all communities, including all races and ethnic groups. The National Domestic Violence website has specific information on identifying what is a healthy relationship and what is not. There are strategies for developing a safety plan.The site has a search engine so you can find local resources as well as those for the group of people you closely identify with.
Contacts to The Hotline can expect highly-trained, expert advocates to offer free, confidential, and compassionate support, crisis intervention information, education, and referral services in over 200 languages.