Resources

Resources are available to receive help.

American Bar Association Commission of Domestic Violence
www.abanet.org

American Domestic Violence Crisis Line
www.866uswomen.org

Global Abuse Hotline
www.hotpeachpages.net

Heart-WAVE
www.heartwave.us

State Domestic Violence Coalitions
www.ovw.usdoj.gov

• Hotpeachpages.net is a resource with a Global list of abuse hotlines, shelter, refuges, crisis centers and woman's organizations, plus domestic violence information in over 80 languages

• Have a plan in place before your leave

• Make a list of friends and relatives that live out of town that you could stay with

• Prepare backpacks with clothes for yourself and your children ahead of time

• Have important documents like passports or birth certificates where you can find them

• Heart-WAVE is a charity to inform women of resources available to help them. Women Against-Domestic Violence Empowerment