Please use the resources listed here to obtain more information on domestic violence, actions being taken to protect women and victims, health issues, safety and how to help.

Rhode Island Resources

• Rhode Island Legal Services
  http://www.rils.org
  
  
• Rhode Island Fair Housing
  http://www.rifairhousing.org
  
  
• Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF)
  http://www.dcyf.state.ri.us
  
  
• Rhode Island Department of Human Services
  http://www.dhs.state.ri.us/index.htm
  
  
• Women-Infant-Children (WIC) at Providence Community Health Center
  http://www.providencechc.org/intro.htm
  
  
• The Providence Center
  http://www.providencecenter.org/
  
  
• Boys and Girls Club
  http://www.epbgc.org
  
  
• YMCA
  http://www.ymcagreaterprovidence.org
• Victims of Crime Helpline
  (800) 494-8100
  
  
• Day One, The Sexual Assault & Trama Resource Center of Rhode Island
  http://www.dayoneri.org
  (401) 421-4100
  
  
• Restraining Order Office (Garrahy)
  (401) 498-3372
  
  
• Free Legal Services Volunteer Lawyer Program
  (800) 339-7758
  
  
• Free Legal Services RI Legal Services
  (401) 274-2652
  
  
• DCYF, to report Child Abuse
  (800) 742-4453
  
  
• Elderly Affairs, to report elder abuse
  (401) 462-3000

National Resoures:

• American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence 740 - 15th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005
  Phone 202-662-1000, Website www.abanet.org/domviol
  
  
• American Institute on Domestic Violence
  2116 Rover Drive, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403
  Phone 928-453-9015, Website www.aidv-usa.com
  
  
• Asian and Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence
  450 Sutter St #600, San Francisco, CA 94108
  Phone 415-954-9988 ext. 315,
  Website www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute
  
  
• The Black Church and Domestic Violence Institute
  2740 Greenbriar Parkway #256, Atlanta, GA 30331
  Phone 770-909-0715, Website www.bcdvi.org
  
  
• Bureau of Justice Statistics Clearinghouse
  810 Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC 20531
  Phone 1-800-851-3420, Website www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs
  
  
• CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities
  2473 Valentine Avenue, Bronx, NY 10458
  Website www.caaav.org
  
  
• Faith Trust Institute
  2400 N. 45th Street #10, Seattle, WA 98103
  Phone 206-634-1903, www.cpsdv.org
  
  
• Family Violence Prevention Fund
  383 Rhode Island Street #304, San Francisco, CA 94103
  Phone 415-252-8900, TTY 1-800-595-4889,
  Website www.endabuse.org
  
  
• Hate-Crime National Hotline, The Anti-Violence Project
  Phone 208-246-2292
  
  
• Human Rights Watch
  350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10118
  Website www.hrw.org
  
  
• The Humane Society of the United States, First Strike Campaign
  2100 "L" Street NW, Washington, DC 20037
  Phone 1-888-213-0956, Website www.hsus.org/firststrike
  
  
• INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence
  Website www.incite-national.org
  
  
• Indigenous Women's Network
  13621 FM 78726, Austin, TX 78726
  Phone 512-258-3880, Website www.indigenouswomen.org
  
  
• Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
  University of Minnesota School of Social Work, College of Human Ecology
  290 Peters Hall, 1404 Gortner Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108
  Phone 1-877-643-8222, Website www.dvinstitute.org
  
  
• LAMBDA GLBT Community Services
  216 S. Ochoa Street, El Paso, TX 79901
  Phone 206-350-4283, Website www.lambda.org
  
  
• The Miles Foundation (violence and the military)
  P.O. Box 423, Newton, CT 06470
  Phone 203-270-7861,
  Website members.aol.com/milesfdn/myhomepage
  
  
• National Center for Elder Abuse
  1201 - 15th Street NW #350, Washington, DC 20005
  Phone 202-898-2586, Website www.elderabusecenter.org
  
  
• National Center for Human Rights Education
  P.O. Box 311020, Atlanta, GA 31131
  Phone 404-344-9629
  
  
• National Center for Victims of Crime
  2000 M Street, NW, Suite 480, Washington, DC
  Phone 202-467-8700, Website www.ncvc.org
  
  
• National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
  7800 Shoal Creek #120-N, Austin, TX 78757
  Phone 512-407-9020, Website www.ncdsv.org
  
  
• National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life
  Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence
  307 S. Paterson Street #1, Madison, WI 53703
  Phone 608-255-0539, Website www.ncall.us
  
  
• National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs
  240 W. 35th Street #200, New York, NY 10001
  Phone 212-714-1184, Website www.ncavp.org
  
  
• National Domestic Violence Hotline
  P.O. Box 161810, Austin, TX 78716
  Phone 1-800-799-7233, TTY 1-800-787-3224
  Website www.ndvh.org
  
  
• National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence
  Family Violence Prevention Fund
  383 Rhode Island Street #304, San Francisco, CA 94103
  Phone 1-888-792-2873, Website www.endabuse.org
  
  
• National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence (ALIANZA)
  P.O. Box 672, Triborough Station, New York, NY 10035
  Phone 646-672-1404, Website www.dvalianza.org
  
  
• National Network to End Domestic Violence
  660 Pennsylvania Avenue SE #303, Washington, DC 20003
  Phone 202-543-5566, Website www.nnedv.org
  
  
• National Organization for Victim Assistance
  1730 Park Road NW, Washington, DC 20010
  Phone 1-800-879-6682, Website www.try-nova.org
  
  
• National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
  Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence
  6400 Flank Drive #1300, Harrisburg, PA 17112
  Phone 1-800-537-2238, TTY 1-800-553-2508
  Website www.nrcdv.org
  
  
• National Sexual Violence Resource Center
  123 N. Enola Drive, Enola, PA 17025
  Phone 1-877-739-3895, TTY 717-909-0715
  Website www.nsvrc.org
  
  
• Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)
  635-B Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20003
  Phone 1-800-656-4673 ext. 3, Website www.rainn.org
  
  
• Resource Center on Domestic Violence: Child Protection & Custody
  National Council on Juvenile & Family Court Judges
  P.O. Box 8970, Reno, NV 89507
  Phone 1-800-527-3223, Website www.nationalcouncilfvd.org
  
  
• Sacred Circle
  National Resource Center to End Violence Against Native Women
  722 Saint Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701
  Phone 1-877-733-7623
  
  
• STOPDV, Inc.
  PO Box 1410, Poway, CA 92074
  Phone 858-679-2913, Website www.stopdv.com
  
  
• Violence Against Women Office, U.S. Department of Justice
  10th and Constitution Avenue NW #5302, Washington, DC 20530 Phone 202-616-8994, Website www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo
  
  
• Women's Independence Scholarship Program, The Sunshine Lady Foundation
  4900 Randall Parkway #H, Wilmington, NC 28403
  Phone 910-397-7742 / 1-866-255-7742
  Website www.sunshineladyfdn.org

  Sites with links for more information on domestic violence:

• National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
• United States Department of Justice, Violence Against Women
  Office: USDOJ: Office on Violence Against Women
• Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence
• Family Violence Prevention Fund
• CAVNET - Communities Against Violence Network
• Violence Against Women Online Resources
• Feminist Majority Foundation
• Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence
• Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse
• TASC - Treatment Alternative for Safe Communities