What Help is Available?
Domestic Violence: Finding Safety & Support - Resources
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Your local hotline can provide you with information on domestic violence resources in your community. For the hotline number of your local domestic violence program, call the NYS Domestic and Sexual Violence Hotline.
NYS Domestic and Sexual Violence Hotline
1-800-942-6906
TTY: 1-800-818-0656
Spanish language 1-800-942-6908
Spanish language TTY: 1-800-780-7660
In NYC: 1-800-621-HOPE (4673) or dial 311
TTY: 1-866-604-5350
For a listing of domestic violence hotlines by county, go to the NYS Coalition Against Domestic Violence Website New York State Domestic Violence Programs County Listing.
Additional
New York State Resources
Other Hotlines in New York State
New York State Child Abuse Hotline
1-800-342-3720
New York State Adult Abuse Hotline
1-800-342-3009, press option 6
New York State Office for the Aging - Senior Citizens
Hotline
1-800-342-9871
New York State Department of Health - Growing Up Healthy
Hotline
1-800-522-5006
TTY 1-800-655-1789
Provides information about health care, nutrition and other health and human services.
Other Resources in New York State
General
New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic
Violence
www.opdv.state.ny.us
New York City Mayor's Office to Combat Domestic Violence
http://www.nyc.gov/html/ocdv/html/home/home.shtml
New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
www.nyscadv.org
New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault
www.nyscasa.org
Children
New York State Office for Children and Family Services
www.ocfs.state.ny.us
For information on:
- Child abuse;
- Child Protective Services;
- Finding child care;
- Protective Services for Adults; and
- A list of local Departments of Social Services by county.
Prevention Information Resource Center/Parent Helpline
1-800-342-7472
www.preventchildabuseny.org
Criminal Justice Victim Information and Notification Everyday
(VINE)
1-888-VINE-4NY (846-3469)
www.docs.state.ny.us/vine.html
www.vinelink.com
Financial Assistance
NYS Office of Victim Services (OVS)
- Provides financial compensation to crime victims for certain expenses related to their victimization.
Main Office, Albany: (518) 457-8727
New York City Office: (718) 923-4325
Buffalo Office: (716) 847-7992
Hotline: 1-800-247-8035
New York State Department of Labor
www.labor.state.ny.us
For information on:
- Unemployment insurance.
New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
(OTDA)
1-800-342-3009
www.otda.state.ny.us
For information on:
- Temporary assistance; and
- Food Stamps.
One-Stop Centers
http://www.workforcenewyork.org/onestops.htm
- Employment assistance.
Health
New York State Department of Health
www.health.state.ny.us
For information on:
- Medicare and Medicaid;
- Family Health Plus (health insurance for adults);
- Child Health Plus (health insurance for children);
- Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC);
- Prenatal Care Assistance Program (PCAP); and
- Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC).
New York State HIV/AIDS Information Service
1-800-541-AIDS (2437)
www.nyaidsline.org
New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
Services (OASAS)
1-877-8HOPENY (1-877-846-7369)
www.oasas.state.ny.us
National Domestic Violence
Hotline
1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
TTY: 1-800-787-3224
www.ndvh.org
National Sexual Assault
Hotline
1-800-656-HOPE (4673)
www.rainn.org
National Teen Dating Abuse
Helpline
1-866-331-9474
TTY: 1-866-331-8453
www.loveisrespect.org
Amy's Courage Fund, National Network to End Domestic Violence
(formerly Doors of Hope Direct Assistance Fund)
(202) 543-5566
http://www.nnedv.org/projects/amysfund.html
ASISTA
www.asistaonline.org
- Information for advocates and attorneys working on domestic violence and sexual assault cases involving immigration issues.
Family Violence Prevention Fund
www.endabuse.org
- Immigration and other domestic violence information.
Humane Society of the United States
www.hsus.org
- Information on the link between animal cruelty and domestic violence.
LawHelp.org
www.lawhelp.org
- Help to find legal assistance in your community.
National Human Trafficking Resource Center
1-888-373-7888
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking/hotline/index.html
Violence Against Women Online Resources (VAWOR) http://www.vaw.umn.edu/
(Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse - MINCAVA) http://www.mincava.umn.edu/
WomensLaw.org
www.womenslaw.org
- State-by-state legal information and resources for domestic violence.
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New York State Domestic and Sexual Violence
Hotline
1-800-942-6906 Spanish Language: 1-800-942-6908
(TTY) 1-800-818-0656 (TTY): 1-800-780-7660
In NYC: 1-800-621-HOPE (4673) or dial 311
(TTY): 1-866-604-5350
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