Resources - States
ALABAMA ~ FLORIDA
( centers.rainn.org )
It’s helpful to have support in your own community after a sexual assault. Local service providers make it easy for you to access care, and they are knowledgeable about the laws in your area and local resources that can assist you.
Click the link for the Interactive Map for Local Resources compiled by the Office for Violence Against Women – US Department of Justice:
List of anti-sexual assault organizations in the United States – Wikipedia
(States and US Territories)
Domestic Violence Service Directory (U.S.) | Red Woman Rising
US Dept. of Health & Human Services/OASH – Office on Women’s Health
Resources by state on violence against women.
Find resources and programs in your state that provide support for women who have experienced abuse.
Tribal Sex Trafficking By State (with Tribal Coalition) | Tribal Sex Trafficking Resources
Sex Trafficking in Indian Country: Victim/Survivor Resource Book
Address Confidentiality Programs by state
(Provides a listing of all ACP programs available in the United States)
Text “NOFILTR” to 741741 for immediate assistance for “Grooming”
If you’re being sextorted, GET HELP NOW – TEXT “THORN” TO 741741
Click the link for the Interactive Map for Local Resources compiled by WomensLaw.org:
Click the link for the Interactive Map for over 600 Local Resources complied by the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
DomesticShelters.org
Click Here to enter your zip code to start your search for domestic violence programs and shelters near you.
REMEMBER: EDUCATION + AWARENESS = PREVENTION!!!
We need more TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTERS (TRC’s) in every state in the US.
As of 2020, there were only 15 TRCs in California, 9 in Ohio, and several more in Michigan, Illinois, Iowa and New Jersey.
From the Downtown Women’s Center in Los Angeles, California:
“The TRC provides supportive services, outreach, emergency and healing interventions to victims/survivors and their families. We focus on responding to victimization from crimes and complex trauma from interpersonal violence including sexual and domestic violence, family and community violence, sex trafficking, intimate partner stalking and homelessness.”
Services offered by trauma recovery centers include trauma-informed clinical case management; evidence-based individual, group and family psychotherapy; crisis intervention; medication management; legal advocacy and assistance in filing police reports and accessing victim compensation funds; and are offered at no cost to the patient. These types of comprehensive services and assistance are intended to help people who have experienced violent crime, including patients who suffered gunshot wounds, as well as victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, human trafficking, and hate crimes, and those who had a family member assaulted or killed. To provide this breadth of services, trauma recovery centers utilize multidisciplinary staff members that might include psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and outreach workers.
PLEASE SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS
(University Hospitals, Healthcare Organizations, and others)
AND LAWMAKERS IN YOUR STATE
(as well as your representatives in Washington)
YOUR VOICE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!
Alabama
ALABAMA COALITION AGAINST RAPE 1-800-656-4673 info@acar.org http://www.acarorg
Information on Sexual Assault Centers: http://www.acar.org/index.php/crisis-centers
Resources
Domestic Shelters – Alabama: https://www.domesticshelters.org/help/al
Domestic Violence Intervention Center – http://dviceastal.org/
DeKalb County Domestic Violence Crisis Services – https://dekalb.alacourt.gov/domesticViolence.html
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE National Hotline 800-787-3224 | 800-787-3224 (TTY)
- ALABAMA STATE HOTLINE: 800-650-6522, SAFEHOUSE HOTLINE: 334-749-1515 (formerly East Alabama Taskforce for Battered Women)
- Our services are all free and available to anyone who is a survivor of domestic violence regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, immigration status, age or disability. Our services include: a 24-hour Crisis Hotline (334-749-1515), emergency shelter/safety planning, case management, court and legal advocacy, therapy, support groups, and outreach and education.
Ashakiran http://ashakiran.com/ info@ashakiranonline.org
“AshaKiran was started to fill a community need and help foreign born individuals experiencing crises in Alabama to overcome barriers such as language, cultural and/or religious stigmas through education and empowerment and providing culturally sensitive services.
Type of Organization: Community of Color; Victim / Survivor Support
Founded by Becca Stevens in 1997 to provide women survivors the time and space for transformative, sustainable healing from trafficking, prostitution, and addiction. The program includes two years of housing, healthcare, counseling, job training, and meaningful employment in a trauma-informed care setting.
For more information on Becca Stevens and Thistle Farms, please click here.
Many of the sister organizations are at full capacity.
If you are part of an organization or know of an organization that might be interested in joining the Thistle Farms National Network, the largest network in the United States committed to a housing-first model for survivors. please share this information with them, or click here for the application.
For information on how to give, donate or support by fundraising, please click here.
Please share. You might help save a life!
Bethesda House
PO Box 397 | Andalusia, AL 36420
334-977-1005 | executivedirector@bethesdahouseofmercy.com | https://www.bethesdahouseofmercy.com/
If you need assistance to escape intimate partner violence or just to talk with someone who can help, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-7233 ~ 1-800-787-3224 (TTY)
Bethesda House provides a safe environment for women and children who are escaping intimate partner violence (24 hours, 7 days a week).
We empower families and individuals by providing our residents with the tools needed to engage and preserve healthy, non-abusive interpersonal relationships through intervention, prevention, and education as we aspire to end violence in our community.
The name, Bethesda House, is intentional, as Bethesda means “place of mercy and healing.” Such is the hope of this organization – that women who suffer from the trauma of violence will have a safe place to heal and become able to live responsibly and sustainably, without the fear of abuse, exploitation, or the power of others over them.
We believe in the dignity and equality of every human being. Therefore, all people should be valued and empowered to live free of the fear of violence in their homes. To this end, we strive to address all forms of oppression and discrimination in the Alabama Wiregrass region in order to support a safe and thriving community. This philosophy specifically informs our intention to pour out love on our residents, so that they can heal, and ultimately thrive.
Resident Services
In addition to a safe space with food and emotional support, Bethesda House residents have opportunities to receive:
⦁ Trauma-based therapy
⦁ Mindfulness and self-care strategies for coping-skill development
⦁ Art Engagement (including painting and drawing, music, and dance)
⦁ Transportation to therapy sessions, court and legal appointments, medical appointments, and employment
⦁ Education and job skill training
⦁ Pet sheltering (off-site)
*All services are offered free of charge for Residents
THISTLE FARMS – NATIONAL NETWORK – ESTABLISHED IN 2010
A coordinated movement of survivors, customers, advocates, and communities who collaborate on innovative ways to deliver justice and challenge systems that commodify and abuse women.
This survivor-led network includes 59 sister organizations based on Thistle Farms’ model, creating a referral system to house and heal up to 309 women survivors across the country.
The education department offers seminars and resources to help groups considering founding a program like Thistle Farms learn more about the model and how to launch a social enterprise.
ALASKA NETWORK ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT
1-800-520-2666 andvsa@andvsa.org
(Juneau 907-586-3650 ) http://www.andvsa.org
Information on Sexual Assault Centers: http://www.andvsa.org/communities-served/
Our Vision
The Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault promotes and sustains a collective movement to end violence and oppression through social change.
Our Mission
To be a collective voice for victims and survivors and to support those agencies and communities working to prevent and eliminate domestic and sexual violence.
Our Beliefs
We believe…
… interpersonal violence is the use of force or threat to achieve and maintain control over others.
… societal oppression is the abuse of power, which systematically creates conditions that condone violent acts.
… that every human being has the right to be safe and free from violence.
… that the elimination of interpersonal and societal violence is most effectively advanced through networking and coalition building at the local, state, and national levels.
… societal change is achieved through community involvement and prevention efforts.
… that community engagement is intrinsic to the creation of a safe and just society.
… in individual self-determination, empowerment through support and education, and the right of all persons to live without fear of interpersonal violence regardless of race, gender, national origin, age, level of ability, religion or sexual orientation.
Alaska | National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
Domestic Shelters – Alaska: https://www.domesticshelters.org/help/ak
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS AND CRISIS LINES
http://dot.alaska.gov/covid19info/SOA-Covid-19-Domestic-Violence-Shelters-Crisis-Lines.shtml
Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault: https://andvsa.org/
Find Help: https://andvsa.org/find-help/member-programs/
State of Alaska Dept. Of Public Safety: https://dps.alaska.gov/CDVSA/Home
Alaska 2-1-1 — assistance, referrals, resources
- Alaska’s CARELINE — 877-266-4357
- For a listing of all local victim services 24/7 hotlines go to: https://dps.alaska.gov/CDVSA/Services/VictimService
Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center | Fairbanks, AK
Phone: (907) 328‑3990 | Email: info@aknwrc.org | https://www.aknwrc.org/
Healing Native Hearts Coalition
https://www.niwrc.org/tribal-coalitions/healing-native-hearts-coalition
Healing Native Hearts Coalition (HNHC) is a nonprofit domestic violence (DV) and sexual assault (SA) coalition serving the Tribes and Native DV/SA nonprofits in Interior Alaska. HNHC was formed in February of 2016, with the hopes of assisting the Interior Alaska Tribes with Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Dating Violence, Sex Trafficking, and Stalking. We serve 37 Interior Alaska Native villages and also partner with various Tribal entities.
The main focus of HNHC is to equip Tribes with the knowledge and training to effect change within their communities. Healing Native Hearts Coalition provides customized technical assistance in understanding applicable State and Federal law and how it applies to P.L. 280 Tribes, DV and SA law and policy, DV and SA judicial training, and culturally appropriate response training. The belief is that our Tribal communities can find solutions with the right tools. https://hnhcoalition.org/
Yup’ik Women’s Coalition
https://www.niwrc.org/tribal-coalitions/yupik-womens-coalition
Yup’ik Women’s Coalition | P.O. Box 207
Emmonak, Alaska 99581
Phone: (907) 949-6252 or (907) 949-6388 | Fax (907) 949-1718
Email: Lynn_YWC@yahoo.com
Hours are Monday-Friday 8am-5pm
Tribes and tribal organizations are invited to contact the Yup’ik Women’s Coalition about their specific needs.
** Please note: Yup’ik Women’s Coalition does not provide crisis intervention or direct services to victims. Contact the Emmonak Women’s Shelter at (907) 949-1434 for these services.
The Yup’ik Women’s Coalition (YWC) strives to promote safety of women through education and advocacy. The YWC is committed to organize community efforts to end violence against women and children within Yup’ik villages through strengthening the traditional Yup’ik beliefs and teachings that have guided our people for thousands of years.
The YWC is dedicated to the safety of women and believe in all rights of al people to live without fear, threat, violence, and oppression. They are committed to developing culturally relevant prevention education and counseling for villages and Emmonak residents that they serve.
They are a non-profit organization incorporated under the laws of the State of Alaska dedicated to ending all forms of violence against Yup’ik women, especially domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking as defined by the Violence Against Women Act of 2005. The board and staff serve to enable alternatives to physically dangerous situations and to encourage self-reliance, and sense of personal worth and dignity.
http://yupikwomen.org
Arizona
ARIZONA COALITION TO END DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE Email: info@acesdv.org
Helplines: 602-279-2980 | (800) 782-6400 | SMS Text Line: (520) 720-3383
Information on Sexual Assault Centers: https://www.acesdv.org/get-help-now/
(English y Español)
Assistance is provided by both Spanish and English speaking Victim Services Specialists on both phone, text, and chat. Interpretation and translation services are available in your primary language at no cost to you.
“The Arizona Sexual and Domestic Violence Helpline provides services to:
- Victims and survivors of sexual and domestic violence
- Friends, family, neighbors and other concerned individuals who are calling on behalf of survivors of sexual or domestic violence or are looking for ways to assist a survivor
- Professionals who are working with survivors of sexual and domestic violence, such as case managers, advocates, attorneys, medical personnel, teachers, counselors, and law enforcement”
“The mission of the Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence is to lead, to advocate, to educate, to collaborate, to end domestic violence in Arizona.
“AzCADV is based in Arizona and has significant, statewide presence. We are a non-governmental, non-profit membership organization that works with more than 170 formal members and allies to carry out our mission and objectives.”
Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith and Family https://goyff.az.gov/domesticviolence/resources
Counseling & Crisis Services
- A New Leaf
- Arizona Child & Family Advocacy Network (ACFAN)
- Chrysalis
- New Life Center
- Resilient Arizona
- UMOM New Day Center
Intimate Partner Violence Resources
- Healthy Relationships
- Healthy Teen Relationships
- Love is Respect: 1-866-331-9474
Strong Hearts Native Helpline: 1-844-7NATIVE (62-8483)
Victim Resources
- Arizona Domestic Violence Shelters
- Domestic Violence Community Services – Department of Economic Security
- Health Insurance Information (AHCCCS)
- Indian Health Services
- Report Child Abuse or Neglect
- Safety Planning
- Victim’s Rights
- Virtual Protection Orders
- Warning Signs of Abuse and Neglect- Children
Women’s Shelters in Arizona
Find non-profit, community-based women shelters Arizona programs offering 24-hour crisis counseling and advocacy to victims of domestic violence including battered women, their children and families.
https://www.usattorneylegalservices.com/women-shelters-Arizona.html
Arizona | National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
Domestic Shelters – Arizona: https://domesticshelters.org/help/az
Arizona League to End Regional Trafficking, a coalition representing partnerships with law enforcement, faith-based communities, nonprofit organizations, social service agencies, attorneys and concerned citizens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_League_to_End_Regional_Trafficking
https://www.tribaltrafficking.org/arizona-victim-resources
Crisis Telephone Numbers/Shelters/Safehomes in Arizona Tribal Communities- http://www.swiwc.org/shelters/
Sex Trafficking in Indian Country: Victim/Survivor Resource Book (968 pages)
Located in First Mesa, Arizona the Hopi Tewa Women’s Coalition to End Abuse is a leading voice to end sexual assault and domestic violence on the Hopi Reservation. Found in 2008 by Hopi and Tewa women representatives of several villages and communities, HTWC is a non-profit organization that provides advocacy support to tribal and nontribal government agencies. The Hopi Tewa Women’s Coalition to End Abuse is committed to advocating for a coordinated and effective response system that creates a safety net towards building healthy communities, while embracing the strength of our cultural values and traditions. Contact: (928) 737-9000.
Founded by Becca Stevens in 1997 to provide women survivors the time and space for transformative, sustainable healing from trafficking, prostitution, and addiction. The program includes two years of housing, healthcare, counseling, job training, and meaningful employment in a trauma-informed care setting.
For more information on Becca Stevens and Thistle Farms, please click here.
“None of the women ended up in their situation by themselves. It takes broken systems in our community to make them become runaways, allow them to be trafficked, and to become addicted, so it makes sense that it takes a community to help welcome them back and help them heal.”
– Becca Stevens, Founder of Thistle Farms
Many of the sister organizations are at full capacity.
If you are part of an organization or know of an organization that might be interested in joining the Thistle Farms National Network, the largest network in the United States committed to a housing-first model for survivors. please share this information with them, or click here for the application.
For information on how to give, donate or support by fundraising, please click here.
Please share. You might help save a life!
Bridges Reentry, Inc. (Magdalene House West)
PO Box 154 | Litchfield Park, AZ 85340
Admin@bridgesreentry.org
Blog: https://www.bridgesreentry.org/blog
https://www.bridgesreentry.org/about-magdalene-house-west
The mission of Magdalene House West is to provide a sanctuary along with an array of support services, educational opportunities, vocational training and employment in safe housing for healing and restoration. We believe that love is more powerful than all the forces that drive women to incarceration. And to create a survivor led program of healing, recovery, and sustainable economic empowerment for women who have experienced incarceration. These women are special because they are trying to figure out what God wants them to do. They understand if they do not change their way of thinking they will continue to be captives of discrimination. The place to begin is one woman at a time.
OBJECTIVE
Magdalene House West is safe, long-term recovery housing that allows post-incarcerated women to heal, gain employment, and save for the future.
This provides the residents the ability to assimilate into the community and live as members of the neighborhood, free from stigma or labels.
2-YEAR PROGRAM OVERVIEW
- Life Skills
- Employment
- Wellness
- Relationship Building
- Family Reunification
- Budgeting
- Goal Setting
- Education
The Magdalene House West Program is modeled off of the Thistle Farms residential program, our sister community.
THISTLE FARMS – NATIONAL NETWORK – ESTABLISHED IN 2010
A coordinated movement of survivors, customers, advocates, and communities who collaborate on innovative ways to deliver justice and challenge systems that commodify and abuse women.
This survivor-led network includes 59 sister organizations based on Thistle Farms’ model, creating a referral system to house and heal up to 309 women survivors across the country.
The education department offers seminars and resources to help groups considering founding a program like Thistle Farms learn more about the model and how to launch a social enterprise.
Hopi-Tewa Womens Coalition to End Abuse
Roxanna Joseyesva, Office Manager/Point of Contact
P.O. Box 239
Second Mesa, AZ 86043
(928) 737-9000
https://www.niwrc.org/tribal-coalitions/hopi-tewa-womens-coalition-end-abuse
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hopitewawomenscoalition/
Hopi-Tewa Womens Coalition To End Abuse, located in First Mesa, Arizona the Hopi Tewa Women’s Coalition to End Abuse is a leading voice to end sexual assault and domestic violence on the Hopi Reservation. Founded in 2008 by Hopi and Tewa women representatives of several villages and communities, HTWC is a non-profit organization that provides advocacy support to tribal and nontribal government agencies. The Hopi Tewa Women’s Coalition to End Abuse is committed to advocating for a coordinated and effective response system that creates a safety net towards building healthy communities, while embracing the strength of our cultural values and traditions.
Southwest Indigenous Women’s Coalition
https://www.niwrc.org/tribal-coalitions/southwest-indigenous-womens-coalition
The Southwest Indigenous Women’s Coalition (SWIWC) is located in Mesa, Arizona and is a nonprofit domestic violence (DV) and sexual assault (SA) coalition serving the Tribes and Native DV/SA nonprofits in Arizona to increase their capacity to better address and respond to the domestic and sexual violence occurring in their communities.
SWIWC promotes safety, justice victim-centered advocacy, offender accountability and healing through training, technical assistance, policy, and resource development.
http://swiwc.org
ARKANSAS COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT 1-866-632-2272 acasa@sbcglobal.net
(Fayetteville 501-246-3276) http://www.acasa.us
Information on Sexual Assault Centers: http://acasa.us/crisis-centers/
Resources
Arkansas | National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
Domestic Shelters – Arkansas: https://www.domesticshelters.org/help/ar
Domestic Peace – Shelters Map & List of Cities: https://www.domesticpeace.com/shelters
Founded by Becca Stevens in 1997 to provide women survivors the time and space for transformative, sustainable healing from trafficking, prostitution, and addiction. The program includes two years of housing, healthcare, counseling, job training, and meaningful employment in a trauma-informed care setting.
For more information on Becca Stevens and Thistle Farms, please click here.
“None of the women ended up in their situation by themselves. It takes broken systems in our community to make them become runaways, allow them to be trafficked, and to become addicted, so it makes sense that it takes a community to help welcome them back and help them heal.”
– Becca Stevens, Founder of Thistle Farms
Many of the sister organizations are at full capacity.
If you are part of an organization or know of an organization that might be interested in joining the Thistle Farms National Network, the largest network in the United States committed to a housing-first model for survivors. please share this information with them, or click here for the application.
For information on how to give, donate or support by fundraising, please click here.
Please share. You might help save a life!
Magdalene House – El Dorado
El Dorado, AR
870-918-8709
https://magdaleneeldo.org/
If you need assistance to escape intimate partner violence or just to talk with someone who can help, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-7233 ~ 1-800-787-3224 (TTY)
Magdalene House El Dorado’s mission is simple – to bring love and hope to women who have lived in despair for too long. Our two-year residential program will accomplish this mission by providing women who are ready to step out of prostitution, abuse, addiction, and sexual exploitation with the support, love, encouragement, and community.
Magdalene House El Dorado has 2 houses, Peace House & Promise House serving 8 women who participate in our two-year recovery and restoration program. Our ministry addresses the physical, mental, spiritual, emotional, and educational needs of all clients.
THISTLE FARMS – NATIONAL NETWORK – ESTABLISHED IN 2010
A coordinated movement of survivors, customers, advocates, and communities who collaborate on innovative ways to deliver justice and challenge systems that commodify and abuse women.
This survivor-led network includes 59 sister organizations based on Thistle Farms’ model, creating a referral system to house and heal up to 309 women survivors across the country.
The education department offers seminars and resources to help groups considering founding a program like Thistle Farms learn more about the model and how to launch a social enterprise.
Magdalene Serenity House
P.O. Box 3394 | Fayetteville, AR 72702
479-301-2326 | april@lovehealsnwa.org
Blog: https://lovehealsnwa.org/updates-2/ | https://lovehealsnwa.org/
(Magdalene Serenity House is a Thistle Farms sister organization.)
Heal One Woman, Heal A Community.
We help rebuild the lives of women who have experienced trauma, sexual exploitation, addiction, and incarceration through safe housing, long-term support, and community partnerships.
OUR STORY
In 2008, St. Paul’s Episcopal church began their prison ministry celebrating Eucharitst each Sunday evening at the local women’s prison. From this experience and the talents of Kathy McGregor, The Prison Stories Project was born and a team of artists, writers, storytellers, and musicians began working with the inmate residents to help them find a way to tell their story and dream of the future. A script was produced from the women’s words and performed by professional actors to the local and prison community. Following the tragic overdose of one of the women the Prison Stories Project had served, the group decided that they had to search for a solution to provide safe, long-term, supportive care for women paroling out of the local correctional center.
Putting ideas into action, Reverend Suzanne Stoner, visited Thistle Farms in Nashville and became acquainted with Reverend Becca Stevens, who founded the organization in 1997. Learning about their long-term, holistic approach to recovery and high success rate, the model was brought back to Northwest Arkansas in 2013 and welcomed by the community.
During their stay, residents receive comprehensive, holistic services to meet mental and physical health needs including: counseling, medical and dental care, assistance with application for benefits, job and education readiness, legal advocacy, and life skills training. Our program works in partnership with community resources to deliver evidence-based interventions aimed towards healing and empowerment.
Oasis of Northwest Arkansas
Bella Vista, AR
479-268-4340 | director@oasisforwomennwa.org | https://www.oasisforwomennwa.org/
(Oasis of Northwestern Arkansas is a Thistle Farms sister organization.)
Oasis of Northwest Arkansas is a faith-based women’s transitional living community that provides safe, supportive housing for women in recovery and their children.
Recovering. Rebuilding. Reclaiming Lives.
Oasis of Hope Second Chance Thrift Shop
Located at: 115 N. Dixieland Road, Suite 1, Rogers, Arkansas
Visit our website at: https://www.oasisofhopenwa.com
Now accepting donations of gently used men, women and children’s clothing and shoes, small home decor items, scarves, belts, handbags, luggage, books, hats and rugs. (We are not able to accept donations of furniture, couches, mattresses, toys, bedding and electronics at this time.)
Restoring Hope NWA
Rogers, AR
479-544-1517 | Mary@restoringhopenwa.com | https://restoringhopenwa.com/
(Restoring Hope NWA is a Thistle Farms sister organization.)
Restoring Hope NWA is a community of healing for women who have experienced trauma, addiction and incarceration.
We offer an array of support services such as educational and vocational opportunities, employment, and financial guidance (e.g. budgeting and asset development).
We help residents live honest, sober and self-sufficient lives. We foster self-understanding through personal and spiritual growth.
Restoring Hope NWA is a six-month to one-year recovery period for women coming out of addiction, trauma, and incarceration. We provide resources and programs that will nurture, educate and develop the women to rebuild, restore and reform their lives.
The women receive the support they need to move toward a life that is spiritually rich, economically self-sufficient, and emotionally full and drug-free. Living in a safe, transitional community provides them opportunities to grow and heal individually and collectively.
CALIFORNIA COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT info@calcasa.org http://www.calcasa.org
916-446-2520 (Sacramento)
Information on Sexual Assault Centers: http://www.calcasa.org/agencies/
California | National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
State of California Resources from Jessica Pride, Sexual Assault Attorney – Hotlines, Resources in San Diego, State of CA, UC San Diego Campus, Resources for Male Sexual Assault Victims, Teens & Young Adults, Phone Apps, National Support Organizations: https://victimlawyer.com/resources/
Domestic Shelters – California: https://www.domesticshelters.org/help/ca
California Against Slavery, a human rights organization directed at strengthening California state laws to protect victims of sex trafficking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Against_Slavery
Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking, a nonprofit Los Angeles-based anti-human trafficking organization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_to_Abolish_Slavery_and_Trafficking
Slavery Footprint, a nonprofit organization based in Oakland, California, that works to end human trafficking and modern-day slavery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_Footprint
https://www.tribaltrafficking.org/california-victim-resources
Sex Trafficking in Indian Country: Victim/Survivor Resource Book (968 pages)
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICE DIRECTORY (State of California) http://redwomenrising.org/directory AND http://redwomenrising.org/directory#Statewide
SELF-HELP RESOURCES
The Red Women Rising Project has compiled these tools in order to provider survivors some resources that will enhance their self-sufficiency in making decisions that will benefit their health and safety when in an unsafe situation.
SAFETY PLANNING FOR SURVIVORS | WARNING SIGNS OF AN ABUSIVE PARTNER | WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU’RE RAPED | WOMEN ARE SACRED | SELF-CARE & COPING SKILLS
http://redwomenrising.org/survivor-resources
TRADITIONAL HEALING
In an effort to provide survivors of intimate partner violence with traditional healing modalities, our Red Women Rising Resource Directory includes connections to a statewide circle of traditional healers.
Each traditional healer understands the experience of survivors, and provides a spiritual/trauma informed approach to healing.
http://redwomenrising.org/traditional-healing
Sovereign Bodies Institute
Email: annita@sovereign-bodies.org | Email: mmiwdatabas@sovereign-bodies.org
Wiyot and Ohlone territories in N. California
1736 FAMILY CRISIS CENTER
- (213) 745-6434
1736 Family Crisis Center is a Los Angeles nonprofit shelter and offers outpatient services for domestic violence survivors, runaway and homeless youth, low-income people, persons in crisis, and women, children, and families.
People can access lifesaving support 24 hours a day through five shelters, four community service centers and five crisis and suicide hotlines.
http://www.1736familycrisiscenter.org
Founded by Becca Stevens in 1997 to provide women survivors the time and space for transformative, sustainable healing from trafficking, prostitution, and addiction. The program includes two years of housing, healthcare, counseling, job training, and meaningful employment in a trauma-informed care setting.
For more information on Becca Stevens and Thistle Farms, please click here.
“None of the women ended up in their situation by themselves. It takes broken systems in our community to make them become runaways, allow them to be trafficked, and to become addicted, so it makes sense that it takes a community to help welcome them back and help them heal.”
– Becca Stevens, Founder of Thistle Farms
Many of the sister organizations are at full capacity.
If you are part of an organization or know of an organization that might be interested in joining the Thistle Farms National Network, the largest network in the United States committed to a housing-first model for survivors. please share this information with them, or click here for the application.
For information on how to give, donate or support by fundraising, please click here.
Please share. You might help save a life!
Alabaster Jar Project
11251 Rancho Carmel Dr. #501378 | San Diego CA 92150
858-598-3238 | https://www.alabasterjarproject.org/
WE EMPOWER SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
OUR STORY
Finding that San Diego is the 8th largest city in the U.S. with the issue of Human Trafficking and that there were limited resources for survivors, co-founders Susan Johnson, Nate Alcorn and Kyle Moss incorporated the Alabaster Jar Project. The mission was to provide housing and resources for women who have survived human trafficking and sexual exploitation.
The Alabaster Jar Project began as a ministry of The Church at Rancho Bernardo and incorporated as a standalone nonprofit 501(c)3 in 2013, receiving tax exempt status in July of 2014. It is now comprised of Grace House, a long-term residential program; a Resource Center, a drop-in center that provides clothing, toiletries, programming and Peer Support Group.
Help Women Dream Again
In order to help women dream again, they need a stable environment to call home. A permanent home provides stability for women to thrive. Join us by donating to purchase a home for survivors of trafficking.
Welcome to our Justice Enterprise! These amazing handmade body care products (“RESTORE”) are hand manufactured by the women in our housing program as part of our Workforce Development program.
These restorative products provide wellness to you and empowerment to women in our housing program.
Click here to SHOP.
THISTLE FARMS – NATIONAL NETWORK – ESTABLISHED IN 2010
A coordinated movement of survivors, customers, advocates, and communities who collaborate on innovative ways to deliver justice and challenge systems that commodify and abuse women.
This survivor-led network includes 59 sister organizations based on Thistle Farms’ model, creating a referral system to house and heal up to 309 women survivors across the country.
The education department offers seminars and resources to help groups considering founding a program like Thistle Farms learn more about the model and how to launch a social enterprise.
BANTEAY SREI (Asian Health Services) (California) info@banteaysrei.org http://www.banteaysrei.org/
Banteay Srei is a safe space for young Southeast Asian women, that promotes education, community and leadership development to foster cultural pride, and self-determination for women at-risk of or engaged in sexual exploitation.
Banteay Srei provides social, peer and intergenerational support, healing arts, reproductive health education, life skills-building and leadership development. The name Banteay Srei comes from an ancient temple in Cambodia which means “the women’s temple”- built to honor female deities and representing strength, unity, and safety. This name was chosen to inspire a space that would be created to honor women and provide tools for self-empowerment.
Type of Organization: Community of Color Victim / Survivor Support
CENTER FOR THE PACIFIC ASIAN FAMILY (CPAF) (California) https://nurturingchange.org/
Center for the Pacific Asian Family (CPAF) is recognized nationally for our pioneering work in domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse services within the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Islander (API) community. We created the first multi-lingual 24-hour helpline assisting API survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in the nation.
We opened the first emergency shelter and the first transitional program specialized in serving API survivors. We provide a wide range of comprehensive services, focusing on the needs of survivors who seek to establish independent, violence-free lives.
Our services are free of charge, conducted in many API languages.
In 2005, we expanded our Community Program, focusing on community engagement and violence prevention programs.
Type of Organization: Community of Color Victim / Survivor Support
CENTRO LA FAMILIA ADVOCACY SERVICES (California) vtinoco@centrolafamilia.org
http://www.centrolafamilia.org/
Centro La Familia Advocacy Services offers a broad range of programs designed to assist crime victims, support families and children, promote health and wellness, encourage civic engagement and more. Many of our programs provide outreach, advocacy and education services to those in need.
Working through our bilingual staff, we deliver those services in a manner that is respectful and culturally sensitive.
Our Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program (SASP) operates with the best practices “Promotora” model that encourages and builds trust with Latina victims. Services include crisis intervention and advocacy, support groups, and outreach and education.
Services include:
- Assisting victims of crime
- Supporting families & children
- Promoting health & wellness
- Policy & advocacy
Type of Organization: Community of Color, Victim / Survivor Support
COALITION TO ABOLISH SLAVERY & TRAFFICKING (CAST) (California) info@castla.org http://www.castla.org/
“The Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST) is an alliance of nonprofit service providers, grassroots advocacy groups and activists dedicated to providing human services and human rights advocacy to victims of modern-day slavery.
“CAST was founded in 1998 in the aftermath of the El Monte sweatshop case. Its mission is to assist persons trafficked for the purpose of forced labor and slavery-like practices and to work toward ending all instances of such human rights violations.
Downtown Women’s Center
442 S. San Pedro Street | Los Angeles, CA 90013 | (213) 680-0600 | https://madebydwc.org/pages/contact
https://downtownwomenscenter.org/about/
The Downtown Women’s Center (DWC) is the only organization in Los Angeles focused exclusively on serving and empowering women experiencing homelessness and formerly homeless women. DWC envisions a Los Angeles with every woman housed and on a path to personal stability. Its mission is to end homelessness for women in greater Los Angeles through housing, wellness, employment, and advocacy. Founded in 1978, DWC was the first permanent supportive housing provider for women in the U.S. Learn more at https://www.DowntownWomensCenter.org.
About the Downtown Women’s Center
The Downtown Women’s Center (DWC) is the only organization in Los Angeles focused exclusively on serving and empowering women experiencing homelessness and formerly homeless women. DWC envisions a Los Angeles with every woman housed and on a path to personal stability. Its mission is to end homelessness for women in greater Los Angeles through housing, wellness, employment, and advocacy. Founded in 1978, DWC was the first permanent supportive housing provider for women in the U.S. Learn more at www.DowntownWomensCenter.org.
Trauma Recovery Center
(There are others in the State of CA)
The TRC provides supportive services, outreach, emergency and healing interventions to victims/survivors and their families. We focus on responding to victimization from crimes and complex trauma from interpersonal violence including sexual and domestic violence, family and community violence, sex trafficking, intimate partner stalking and homelessness.
About “MADE by DWC”
MADE by DWC is a social enterprise operated by the Downtown Women’s Center (DWC) to provide job training and transitional employment in product and retail environments for women transitioning out of homelessness.
By purchasing from MADE by DWC’s signature line of products, you directly contribute to ending women’s homelessness in Los Angeles.
MADE by DWC is a purpose driven social enterprise created by the Downtown Women’s Center (DWC) to empower women in Los Angeles to break the cycle of chronic homelessness through employment. Your purchase and involvement helps fund our career training and mentorship programs that provide hands-on training to change lives.
Learn more at https://www.MADEbyDWC.org.
EAST LOS ANGELES WOMEN’S CENTER HOTLINE 800 . 585 . 6231
CONFIDENTIAL BILINGUAL | 24 HOURS | 7 DAYS https://www.elawc.org
“The East Los Angeles Women’s Center is a leading voice and advocate for survivors and their families affected by sexual, domestic, and intimate partner violence and HIV/AIDS. ELAWC delivers innovative, comprehensive, culturally-responsive services that build on a foundation of trauma-informed, evidence-based practices designed to heal, support, protect, and empower the communities we serve.
“Working in collaboration with our partners we also foster the implementation of policies and practices that support social justice and human rights.”
FAMILY ASSISTANCE CENTER PROGRAM: Anti-Human Trafficking 24 Hour Hotline
Family Assistance Program provides case management and support to victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Clients are referred to care through strong partnerships with Public Defenders, District Attorneys, and the California Department of Probation.
- https://familyassist.org/our-causes/theopendoor
- (909) 333-7476
Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission, Central Valley Against Human Trafficking (CVAHT)
Central Valley Against Human Trafficking (CVAHT) Central Valley Against Human Trafficking (CVAHT) provides awareness, training, technical assistance, and advocacy about human trafficking and trafficking-related issues.
- http://www.fresnoeoc.org/cvaht
- (559) 263-1000
LA RAPE & BATTERING HOTLINE 24/7 626-793-3385 | 310-392-8381 | 213-626-3393
Services offered in English, Spanish and American Sign Language.
LA VIDEOPHONE: 213-785-2684 | 213-785-2749
PASADENA VIDEOPHONE: 626-243-7972
Motivating, Inspiring, Supporting & Serving Sexually Exploited Youth (MISSEY)
MISSSEY is a survivor-centered, trauma-informed organization confronting the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) in Oakland, in Alameda County, and throughout California.
- https://misssey.org
- (510) 251-2070
NORTH COUNTY LIFELINE, INC.
Project LIFE is an advocacy program that works with people of all ages who have been or are currently victims or survivors of Sex and Labor Trafficking identified by local law enforcement, self-identify, or the community. Project LIFE offers trauma informed services that include victim advocacy, crisis management, safety planning, intensive case management, and therapy.
- https://www.nclifeline.org/project-life
- (760) 726-4900
OPENING DOORS, INC.
Opening Doors serves underserved members of the Greater Sacramento Area to find greater opportunities within the US social and economic system, to become self-sufficient, and to realize their dreams of a better future. Their programs help those escaping human trafficking and newly arriving refugees to restart safe and healthy lives.
- https://openingdoorsinc.org
- (916) 492-2591
OPERATION SAFE HOUSE
Operation Safe House provides emergency and long-term shelter, intervention and outreach services to runaway, homeless, exploited, and other youth in crisis. SafeHouse serves as co-chair of the Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking task force ensuring comprehensive care to all trafficking victims – minors and adults, domestic and foreign nationals.
- https://operationsafehouse.org/human-trafficking
- (951) 351-4418
Founded by Becca Stevens in 1997 to provide women survivors the time and space for transformative, sustainable healing from trafficking, prostitution, and addiction. The program includes two years of housing, healthcare, counseling, job training, and meaningful employment in a trauma-informed care setting.
For more information on Becca Stevens and Thistle Farms, please click here.
“None of the women ended up in their situation by themselves. It takes broken systems in our community to make them become runaways, allow them to be trafficked, and to become addicted, so it makes sense that it takes a community to help welcome them back and help them heal.”
– Becca Stevens, Founder of Thistle Farms
Many of the sister organizations are at full capacity.
If you are part of an organization or know of an organization that might be interested in joining the Thistle Farms National Network, the largest network in the United States committed to a housing-first model for survivors. please share this information with them, or click here for the application.
For information on how to give, donate or support by fundraising, please click here.
Please share. You might help save a life!
Rebirth Homes
P.O Box 2291 | Riverside, CA 92516
(951) 394- 8142 | info@rebirthhomes.com | https://www.rebirthhomes.com/
Rebirth Homes exists to combat human trafficking through education, awareness and by providing a residential, holistic healing program for survivors of human trafficking. We journey with survivors as they become empowered to be all they were created to be.
Rebirth Homes is a non-profit that provides homes for survivors of human trafficking. Our program includes comprehensive wrap-around services including physical, mental, emotional and spiritual healing as well as life-skill training.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Rebirth Homes provides community training about human trafficking. Courses include Human Trafficking 101, Mentor Training, Labor Training, The Recruitment Process, Trauma-Informed Care and other trainings. Since 2014, Rebirth Homes has trained over 50,000 people on the realities of human trafficking and how to get involved in ending human trafficking. Check out our events page and social media to see when training is happening.
If you want to schedule a training, please contact us at info@rebirthhomes.com
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
We launched Freedom Shop in 2020 where survivor-made products are sold. (Only a few items are shown in the photo.)
Through the Social Enterprise, Rebirth Homes provides employment to women in the Residential Program where job skills are developed and strengthened while providing participants with an income.
To support our Social Enterprise, please visit our Etsy Shop Here.
THISTLE FARMS – NATIONAL NETWORK – ESTABLISHED IN 2010
A coordinated movement of survivors, customers, advocates, and communities who collaborate on innovative ways to deliver justice and challenge systems that commodify and abuse women.
This survivor-led network includes 59 sister organizations based on Thistle Farms’ model, creating a referral system to house and heal up to 309 women survivors across the country.
The education department offers seminars and resources to help groups considering founding a program like Thistle Farms learn more about the model and how to launch a social enterprise.
Red Women Rising
#RedWomenRising
http://redwomenrising.org/ | redwomenrising@ccuih.org
The Mission of Red Women Rising
The Red Women Rising Project is dedicated to uplifting the voices of Urban Indian survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault through increasing awareness around Urban Indian women’s domestic violence issues and enhancing survivors’ access to domestic violence services.
(Read more below)
The Mission of Red Women Rising
The Red Women Rising Project is dedicated to uplifting the voices of Urban Indian survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault through increasing awareness around Urban Indian women’s domestic violence issues and enhancing survivors’ access to domestic violence services. This project also aims to enhance provider capacity to care for Native American survivors of abuse by providing access to culturally-responsive resources and training opportunities. By bringing the issues of unbalanced access to resources for justice and healing for the large numbers of Native women living in cities and other urban areas to the fore, Red Women Rising strives to promote a holistic approach towards curbing the issue of domestic violence in Urban Indian communities.
For a brief history of the Red Women Rising project and its place in the world of domestic violence advocacy efforts, check out the Red Women Rising Timeline here.
Taking Action
The success of the Red Women Rising Project depends on addressing the issue of violence against Native Women with various approaches in order to promote healing at every stage of a survivor’s journey and providing the tools and resources that make recovery possible. Take a look at what is being done to make the mission of Red Women Rising a reality.
Redwomenrising.com is a component of the California Consortium for Urban Indian Health’s (CCUIH) Red Women Rising initiative.
For more information on CCUIH’s other programs and projects, or how to participate in the Red Women Rising Project visit ccuih.org, or send an email to redwomenrising@ccuih.org.
SELF-HELP RESOURCES
The Red Women Rising Project has compiled these tools in order to provider survivors some resources that will enhance their self-sufficiency in making decisions that will benefit their health and safety when in an unsafe situation.
SAFETY PLANNING FOR SURVIVORS | WARNING SIGNS OF AN ABUSIVE PARTNER | WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU’RE RAPED | WOMEN ARE SACRED | SELF-CARE & COPING SKILLS
http://redwomenrising.org/survivor-resources
TRADITIONAL HEALING
In an effort to provide survivors of intimate partner violence with traditional healing modalities, our Red Women Rising Resource Directory includes connections to a statewide circle of traditional healers.
Each traditional healer understands the experience of survivors, and provides a spiritual/trauma informed approach to healing.
PROVIDER RESOURCES
The Red Women Rising Project has compiled these tools so that clinicians, counselors, case managers, and other service providers to survivors of domestic violence can better provide culturally-specific support to their Native patients and clients.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICE DIRECTORY (State of California) http://redwomenrising.org/directory
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STAND UP PLACER (Roseville, CA)
Stand Up Placer is available for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking in crisis situations.
- https://www.standupplacer.org
- (800) 575-5352
STANISLAUS FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER FOUNDATION
The Stanislaus Family Justice Center (SFJC), offers compassion and hope for victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, elder abuse and human trafficking with collaborative services in one safe place. They have a number of agencies located on site, which offer services at no cost.
- https://www.stanislausfamilyjustice.org
- (209) 525-5130
Strong Hearted Native Women’s Coalition
https://www.niwrc.org/tribal-coalitions/strong-hearted-native-womens-coalition
The Strong Hearted Native Women’s Coalition, Inc., by honoring our women ancestors, will advocate for women and their families by promoting safety and a traditional non-violent lifestyle. Working towards empowering women with the tools for independence, courage, and a strong direction to make healthy life choices for herself, her children, and family.
About Our Organization…
Strong Hearted Native Women’s Coalition, Inc. was founded in 2005 to bring awareness against Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Youth Violence, and Stalking in North County of the San Diego County. Native women from the Indian reservations of Rincon, Pauma, Mesa Grande, Santa Ysabel, La Jolla, San Pasqual, Los Coyotes, Pala, and Inaja/Cosmit make-up our coalition membership. Over the years, our coalition has expanded to include tribes from San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, and Inyo Counties, as well as other tribes throughout the state of California.
Purpose of the Coalition:
The purpose of this coalition is to enhance the capacity of survivors, advocates, Indian women’s organizations, and victim services providers to form nonprofit, nongovernmental tribal domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions to advance the goal of ending violence against American Indian and Alaskan Native women. The overarching goal of the Strong Hearted Native Women’s Coalition program is to increase the amount of dedication to improving systemic and community responses to victims. To raise awareness, educate, and to provide technical assistance, training, and supportive services for victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sex trafficking including cultural and unique barriers facing Native American Women.
SUNSHINE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 1-855-701-0750 (California)
Addiction Treatment & Rehab is available for people of all color, women, men, children, addicted Veterans, the blind, deaf, disabled, the elderly, LGBTQ, Transgender, and rural residents.
Click Here for Resources Learn More
Click Here for Directory of Free Addiction Treatment Centers in the US.
“A person struggling with drug abuse along with their loved ones only benefit from as much information and resources as possible on drug addiction. Drug abuse hotlines provide guidance for people looking to find treatment or discuss their addiction. Many drug abuse hotlines are available 24/7. Individuals can find drug crisis hotlines for themselves or for loved ones with substance use disorders.”
California Chapters: Capistrano in San Clemente, and Monarch Shores Recovery in San Juan Capistrano
Sexual Assault and Substance Abuse
“Domestic violence often involves sexual abuse. There is a link between substance abuse and sexual abuse. In many cases, substances are used in instances of sexual abuse. Alcohol is the most typically used substance in these instances.
“The link between substance use disorders and sexual abuse is complex. In many cases, it is a vicious cycle. Victims of sexual abuse are more likely to struggle with substance abuse, and those who struggle with substance abuse are more likely to experience sexual abuse.”
Click Here for Directory of Free Addiction Treatment Centers in the US.
Why Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse Victims Don’t Seek Addiction Treatment
“It is hard enough for the person who hasn’t been through domestic violence or sexual abuse to seek treatment for a substance use disorder. There is such a stigma associated with addiction in our country. Many people view addiction as a moral failing as opposed to a disease that needs to be treated. Victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse have an even harder time seeking treatment for drug and/or alcohol addiction.”
Click Here for Directory of Free Addiction Treatment Centers in the US.
WAYMAKERS
Waymakers provides comprehensive services to adult and minor victims of international or domestic trafficking involving commercial sex or forced labor, who were victimized in Orange County, or who are survivors currently living in Orange County, CA.
- https://waymakersoc.org
- (949) 250-0488
WOMEN ESCAPING A VIOLENT ENVIRONMENT, INC. (WEAVE)
WEAVE is the primary provider of crisis intervention services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in Sacramento County. Through a multi-disciplinary effort with Sacramento County, law enforcement, the Commercially Sexually Exploited Children Court, Child Protective Services, and the District Attorney’s Office, WEAVE also provides 24/7 response, outreach, and services for victims of sex trafficking.
- https://www.weaveinc.org/sex-trafficking
- (916) 920-2952
COLORADO COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT 303-839-9999 (Denver) info@ccasa.org http://www.ccasa.org
Information on Sexual Assault Centers: http://www.ccasa.org/gethelp/
Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault | National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
As the statewide coalition, CCASA does not provide direct services to survivors.
Colorado has a large number of rape crisis centers throughout the state that can be of help to you. These centers provide free, confidential referrals and services for sexual assault victims, survivors, and their close family and friends.
If you need or want help finding your local resource, contact info@ccasa.org. *Please note, we cannot guarantee the confidentiality of emails sent to CCASA.
Support Services – You Have the Right CO (Search by Location, County, or Name of Agency) (For Survivors, Friends & Family, Professionals)
We recognize identifying resources can be challenging. We created this interactive map to assist you in locating victim/survivor advocacy services and medical programs near you that specialize in caring for sexual assault survivors.
You can search by your location or county and by the types of services you are looking for, including programs offering confidential and 24/7 support.
Domestic Shelters – Colorado: https://www.domesticshelters.org/help/co
SUNSHINE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 1-855-701-0750 (Colorado)
Addiction Treatment & Rehab is available for people of all color, women, men, children, addicted Veterans, the blind, deaf, disabled, the elderly, LGBTQ, Transgender, and rural residents.
Click Here for Resources Learn More
Click Here for Directory of Free Addiction Treatment Centers in the US.
“A person struggling with drug abuse along with their loved ones only benefit from as much information and resources as possible on drug addiction. Drug abuse hotlines provide guidance for people looking to find treatment or discuss their addiction. Many drug abuse hotlines are available 24/7. Individuals can find drug crisis hotlines for themselves or for loved ones with substance use disorders.”
Colorado Chapter: Monument
Sexual Assault and Substance Abuse
“Domestic violence often involves sexual abuse. There is a link between substance abuse and sexual abuse. In many cases, substances are used in instances of sexual abuse. Alcohol is the most typically used substance in these instances.
“The link between substance use disorders and sexual abuse is complex. In many cases, it is a vicious cycle. Victims of sexual abuse are more likely to struggle with substance abuse, and those who struggle with substance abuse are more likely to experience sexual abuse.”
Click Here for Directory of Free Addiction Treatment Centers in the US.
Why Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse Victims Don’t Seek Addiction Treatment
“It is hard enough for the person who hasn’t been through domestic violence or sexual abuse to seek treatment for a substance use disorder. There is such a stigma associated with addiction in our country. Many people view addiction as a moral failing as opposed to a disease that needs to be treated. Victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse have an even harder time seeking treatment for drug and/or alcohol addiction.”
Click Here for Directory of Free Addiction Treatment Centers in the US.
NATIVE AMERICAN COUNSELING AND HEALING COLLECTIVE (NACAHC)
1330 Fox Street, Suite 2 | PO Box 40350 | Denver, CO 80204
Phone: 303.839.9999 | Email: info@ccasa.org
https://www.ccasa.org/native_am_agency/native-american-counseling-and-healing-collective-nacahc/
The Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault is a statewide organization that provides leadership, advocacy, and support to address and prevent sexual violence.
FOR SURVIVORS
As the statewide coalition, CCASA does not provide direct services to survivors.
Colorado has a large number of rape crisis centers throughout the state that can be of help to you. These centers provide free, confidential referrals and services for sexual assault victims, survivors, and their close family and friends. See below to find your local center.
If you need or want help finding your local resource, contact info@ccasa.org. *Please note, we cannot guarantee the confidentiality of emails sent to CCASA.
You can find information to connect to a service provider near you by going to YouHaveTheRightCO.org (You can search by location, county or agency name.)
This site has the resources you need if you, or a loved one, has experienced sexual assault. Find out resources in your community, your reporting options, medical care, and your legal rights.
Connecticut
CONNECTICUT ALLIANCE TO END SEXUAL VIOLENCE 1-888-999-5545 | 1-888-568-8832 ESPAÑOL
info@endsexualviolencect.org | http://endsexualviolencect.org/
Information on Sexual Assault Centers: http://endsexualviolencect.org/who-we-are/our-members/
Connecticut | National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
CONNECTICUT SEXUAL ASSAULT CRISIS SERVICES (CONNSACS)
1-888-999-5545 for English | 1-888-568-8332 para Español
860-282-9881 (East Hartford)
https://www.endsexualviolence.org
“All direct services through our member centers are free and confidential. Call our statewide 24/7 toll-free hotlines to speak with a certified sexual assault crisis counselor:”
Domestic Shelters -Connecticut : https://www.domesticshelters.org/help/ct
Founded by Becca Stevens in 1997 to provide women survivors the time and space for transformative, sustainable healing from trafficking, prostitution, and addiction. The program includes two years of housing, healthcare, counseling, job training, and meaningful employment in a trauma-informed care setting.
For more information on Becca Stevens and Thistle Farms, please click here.
“None of the women ended up in their situation by themselves. It takes broken systems in our community to make them become runaways, allow them to be trafficked, and to become addicted, so it makes sense that it takes a community to help welcome them back and help them heal.”
– Becca Stevens, Founder of Thistle Farms
Many of the sister organizations are at full capacity.
If you are part of an organization or know of an organization that might be interested in joining the Thistle Farms National Network, the largest network in the United States committed to a housing-first model for survivors. please share this information with them, or click here for the application.
For information on how to give, donate or support by fundraising, please click here.
Please share. You might help save a life!
Global PEHT
152 East Putnam Ave. | P.O. Box 23 | Cos Cob, CT 06807
https://peht.org/
PEHT (Partnership to End Human Trafficking) was envisioned by a passionate group of modern-day abolitionists in New York and Connecticut who became aware of the atrocities of forced labor and sex trafficking, both abroad and in their own backyard. They sought a way to offer recovery, stability and economic freedom to those seeking a way out of a life of bondage through a long term residential recovery program and dynamic social enterprise. Our Mission is to empower survivors with a path toward healing and independence through a long term residential recovery program and employment in our pet social enterprise.
SHOP (Coming Soon)
https://peht.org/pages/coming-soon
Our pet retail initiative is founded upon the idea that LOVE is the most powerful agent for change in the world. 100% of net profits from the sale of our handcrafted products support the ongoing work of PEHT ’s charitable activities with human trafficking survivors.
“I believe the greatest force for change in a dark world is love. It is our hope that when customers purchase our products, they will sense that a little more love has penetrated the darkness. LOVE YOUR PET. CHANGE THE WORLD.”
– Elizabeth Koldyke Boolbol, Founder PEHT
THISTLE FARMS – NATIONAL NETWORK – ESTABLISHED IN 2010
A coordinated movement of survivors, customers, advocates, and communities who collaborate on innovative ways to deliver justice and challenge systems that commodify and abuse women.
This survivor-led network includes 59 sister organizations based on Thistle Farms’ model, creating a referral system to house and heal up to 309 women survivors across the country.
The education department offers seminars and resources to help groups considering founding a program like Thistle Farms learn more about the model and how to launch a social enterprise.
CONTACTLIFELINE, INC./SEXUAL ASSAULT NETWORK DELAWARE
HOTLINE 24/7 1-800-262-9800
302-761-9100
http://www.contactlifeline.org/
ContactLifeline Hotline: Rape crisis and victim support services are available from the ContactLifeline (formerly CONTACT Delaware) sexual assault hotline.
Trained volunteers staff the hotline 24 hours a day. In New Castle County, call 761-9100; in Kent and Sussex counties, call 1-800-262-9800.
Information on Sexual Assault Centers: http://www.contactlifeline.org/contact.html
Sexual Abuse Therapy | Survivors of Abuse in Recovery (SOAR) | Delaware
SOAR is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing professional mental health services to victims of sexual trauma and their families regardless of their ability to pay.
Domestic Shelters – Delaware: https://www.domesticshelters.org/help/de
HOTLINES: https://dvcc.delaware.gov/24-hour-hotline-numbers/
State of Delaware – Domestic Violence Coordinating Council
The Domestic Violence Hotline numbers are perhaps the single most important resource. All hotline numbers are confidential and available 24/7. Hotlines are staffed by trained professionals who will assist in safety planning and will refer to available resources. Services are available to victims who do not speak English or who are hearing impaired (for Delaware Relay Services, dial 711).
24-Hour Hotline Numbers
New Castle County
Domestic Violence
302-762-6110
Rape Crisis
1-800-773-8570
Bi-Lingual Hotline
302-762-6110
TTY
1-800-232-5460
Northern Kent
Domestic Violence
302-678-3886
Bi-Lingual Hotline
302-745-9874
Kent and Sussex
Domestic Violence
302-422-8058
Rape Crisis
1-800-262-9800
Bi-Lingual Hotline
302-745-9874
FLORIDA COUNCIL AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCE| HOTLINE 1-888-956-7273 (English, Español, Haitian Creole)
850-297-2000 (Tallahassee)
Find Your Local Center — Florida Council Against Sexual Violence (fcasv.org)
“OUR VISION
“We envision a world free of sexual violence in which men and women together assure that all human beings are treated with dignity and respect for their physical, emotional, intellectual & spiritual integrity.
“OUR MISSION
“Sexual Violence shatters lives, wounds communities and perpetuates injustice.
The Florida Council Against Sexual Violence leads, informs and inspires the people of Florida to create safe and just communities.”
Florida | National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
Sexual Assault and Trauma Services | Centerstone
Sexual Assault Services – Crisis Center Of Tampa Bay
SafeHouse of Seminole | 24-Hr Crisis Hotline: 407-330-3933
Resources – SafeHouse (safehouseofseminole.org)
Victim Services Center of Central Florida | Sexual Assault Hotline: 407-497-6701
Harbor House of Orange County | 24-Hour Crisis Hotline: 407-886-2856
Help Now Osceola | 24-Hr. Crisis Hotline: 407-847-8562
Domestic Shelters – Florida: https://www.domesticshelters.org/help/fl
Lauren’s Kids
Lauren’s Kids is based in South Florida and educates adults and children about sexual abuse prevention through in-school curricula, awareness campaigns, and speaking engagements around the country and the world.
Our mission is to prevent child sexual abuse through education and awareness and to help survivors heal with guidance and support.
https://laurenskids.org/about/the-issue-of-child-sexual-abuse/
Combatting Human Trafficking
Digital Health & Safety Resources
SAFER SMARTER FAMILIES
https://safersmarterfamilies.org/ | (Safer, Smarter Families Family Safety Toolkit)
Do you know what “GROOMING” is?
Founded by Becca Stevens in 1997 to provide women survivors the time and space for transformative, sustainable healing from trafficking, prostitution, and addiction. The program includes two years of housing, healthcare, counseling, job training, and meaningful employment in a trauma-informed care setting.
For more information on Becca Stevens and Thistle Farms, please click here.
“None of the women ended up in their situation by themselves. It takes broken systems in our community to make them become runaways, allow them to be trafficked, and to become addicted, so it makes sense that it takes a community to help welcome them back and help them heal.”
– Becca Stevens, Founder of Thistle Farms
Many of the sister organizations are at full capacity.
If you are part of an organization or know of an organization that might be interested in joining the Thistle Farms National Network, the largest network in the United States committed to a housing-first model for survivors. please share this information with them, or click here for the application.
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Awakenings House Inc.
P.O. Box 14289 | Jacksonville, FL 32238
904-710-3844 | Contact Us: http://awakeningshouseinc.org/contact-us
Blog: http://awakeningshouseinc.org/blog
AWAKENINGS HOUSE is private sober living homes for women only, located in the residential area of the Westside of Jacksonville Florida. We are a nonprofit organization focused on helping women recovering from substance abuse in a safe environment. We are a women’s facility doing our part in the fight against the opioid epidemic in our region.
We strive to create the right conditions and environment so that women can focus on what is most important: STAYING CLEAN AND SOBER TO TRANSISTION BACK INTO SOCIETY WITH PURPOSE.
THISTLE FARMS – NATIONAL NETWORK – ESTABLISHED IN 2010
A coordinated movement of survivors, customers, advocates, and communities who collaborate on innovative ways to deliver justice and challenge systems that commodify and abuse women.
This survivor-led network includes 59 sister organizations based on Thistle Farms’ model, creating a referral system to house and heal up to 309 women survivors across the country.
The education department offers seminars and resources to help groups considering founding a program like Thistle Farms learn more about the model and how to launch a social enterprise.
Be Generous
Destin, FL
850-687-7384 | begenerous@live.com
https://www.begenerousinc.org/
(Be Generous is a Thistle Farms sister organization.)
BeGenerous is a faith-based 501C3 non-profit organization created to support and assist women in overcoming life-dominating circumstances such as drug addiction and sex trafficking. Providing supportive housing for women in traumatic situations. Immediate housing removes them out of harm’s way and helps to ensure readiness for entering another phase of their healing journey either at Yellow House or a program best suited for their personal case.
RESCUE. RECOVER. RESTORE.
SHOP: ALL THINGS NEW https://www.begenerousinc.org/all-things-new
Shelter House Domestic & Sexual Violence Ctr- 850-863-4777
Walton County Sheriff- 850-837-7155
Okaloosa County Sheriff- 850-651-7547
National Human Trafficking Hotline- 888-373-7888
Abuse Hotline- 800-96-ABUSE
Suicide Prevention Hotline- 800-273-8255
COPE Center- 850-892-HELP (Defuniak Springs)
211 Crisis Center Hotline- 850-267-2220
Our purpose is based on the promise of Revelation 21 that God makes all things new. Just as He does, we too see the potential in all things and have a deep desire to take that which is the old or unused and give it purpose and new life. Our collections consist of new items that have a repurposed or organic look, as well as, old items which have been repurposed and made new.
Regardless, it’s “All Things New” to you.
Our social enterprise is an income generating model to help sustain our mission The Yellow House which offers a safe place of refuge and recovery for women coming out of addiction and sexual exploitation.
Shop, Support and Share
“Created Tampa”
P.O. Box 5717 | Tampa, FL 33675
813.769.9678 | Info@createdwomen.com
Contact Us: https://www.createdwomen.com/contact-us
https://www.createdwomen.com/
DO YOU NEED HELP? Call our 24/7 On Call Number – 813.445.0884
(Created Tampa is a Thistle Farms sister organization.)
Created Tampa is a non-profit, non-denominational Christian organization committed to the restoration of vulnerable women involved in the sex industry to an understanding of their value, beauty and destiny in Jesus Christ.
We believe that a growing, thriving relationship with Jesus is the context in which vulnerable women will find hope for emotional, physical, and social healing from the wounds that sexual exploitation and their involvement in the sex industry has inflicted.
By offering new life through a relationship with Jesus Christ, a message of identity (a name), a place for belonging and community (a place), and advocacy for the women (a voice) we hope to bring light, hope, and transformation to women caught in prostitution and other forms of sexual exploitation.
We welcome anyone who feels a calling to love and serve women in the sex industry to work with us. A large portion of our ministry exists because of the faithful labor of our volunteers. If you’re interested in join our team and helping us advance this work in Tampa, here are some ways you can get involved and volunteer with us:
Ladies Empowerment & Action Program (LEAP)
3141 SW 8th Street | Miami, Florida 33135
P. 786-401-2070 | info@leapforladies.org
Leap for Ladies – Empowering Women to put prison in the past
LEAP runs a one-of-a-kind prison re-entry program for women combining essential employability and life skills, entrepreneurship, self-love, and mentorship.
Our Mission
LEAP empowers incarcerated women to transcend their past and successfully re-enter society by providing transformational education, entrepreneurial training, and mentorship. We serve as a model, voice and advocate for the the power of rehabilitation over retribution.
Vision
For every incarcerated woman who is committed to change to have the opportunity and tools to achieve her full potential.
Our Core Values
Second Chances
We believe every human being deserves a second chance. People can change, dignity can be restored, and society will benefit as a result.
Love, Forgiveness, and Education
Love and forgiveness of self and others, along with education, are the most powerful forces of change in the world.
RESTORING HOPE & DIGNITY TO IMPRISONED WOMEN
