Links to Resources
Legal Aid Works"Our dedicated, experienced staff work hard to help clients fight for their rights in many different types of cases, such as housing (landlord/tenant, foreclosures, etc.); family law (domestic violence protective orders, child and spousal support, custody); consumer (debt collection, payday loans, etc.); unemployment benefits; and immigration issues (for victims of crime and domestic violence)."
CULPEPER: 540-825-3131
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Victim WitnessThe goal of the Victim/Witness Program is to reduce the trauma victims experience and help ensure that survivors receive fair and compassionate treatment while participating in the criminal justice system. Our program provides a wide variety of comprehensive services. We service survivors of rape, child sexual assault and abuse, malicious wounding, robbery, home invasions, domestic abuse, threats and intimidation, and surviving families of murder (and more).
CULPEPER: 540-727-3413
MADISON: 540-948-7550 ORANGE: 540-672-6380 |
Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action AllianceThe Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance (VSDVAA) is a diverse group of individuals and organizations that believe that ALL people have the right to a life free of violence. We recognize that sexual and domestic violence are linked to other forms of oppression, which disproportionately affect women, children, and other marginalized people, harming individuals, families and societies as a whole. We will use our diverse and collective voice to create a Virginia free from sexual and domestic violence-inspiring others to join and support values of equality, respect and shared power. VSDVAA offers the statewide family violence and sexual assault hotline at 1-800-838-8238 (V/TTY).
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B.A.C.A. (Bikers Against Child ABuse)Bikers Against Child Abuse, Inc. (B.A.C.A.) exists with the intent to create a safer environment for abused children. We exist as a body of Bikers to empower children to not feel afraid of the world in which they live. We stand ready to lend support to our wounded friends by involving them with an established, united organization. We work in conjunction with local and state officials who are already in place to protect children. We desire to send a clear message to all involved with the abused child that this child is part of our organization, and that we are prepared to lend our physical and emotional support to them by affiliation, and our physical presence.
We stand at the ready to shield these children from further abuse. We do not condone the use of violence or physical force in any manner, however, if circumstances arise such that we are the only obstacle preventing a child from further abuse, we stand ready to be that obstacle. NOVA Chapter Hotline: 571-279-8908 |
Just Ask PreventionThe Just Ask Prevention Project works to educate our youth and adults about the signs of human trafficking to keep our teenagers safe. We know that a well informed public will decrease the ability of traffickers to operate, and inspire victims and survivors to come forward and Just Ask for help.
Call or Text: 1-833-ASK2END |
1in6.orgThe mission of 1in6 is to help men who have had unwanted or abusive sexual experiences live healthier, happier lives.
Their mission also includes serving family members, friends, partners, and service providers by providing information and support resources on the web and in the community. |
National Domestic Violence HotlineHighly-trained advocates are available 24/7/365 to talk confidentially with anyone experiencing domestic violence, seeking resources or information, or questioning unhealthy aspects of their relationship.
1-800-799-7233 | 1-800-787-3224 (TTY) |
DomesticShelters.orgThis website holds a great deal of information such as shelters all across the United States, common questions, various topics, videos and resources.
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FreeFrom is a national organization, based in Los Angeles, whose mission is to dismantle the nexus between intimate partner violence and financial insecurity. FreeFrom believes in the creativity, resourcefulness, and power that each survivor has to achieve financial independence and to build communities that support individual, intergenerational and collective healing. We also believe that intimate partner violence is a systemic problem in our society which we are severely lacking the infrastructure to address.
Women Against Abuse
The mission of Women Against Abuse is to provide quality, compassionate, and nonjudgmental services in a manner that fosters self-respect and independence in persons experiencing intimate partner violence and to lead the struggle to end domestic violence through advocacy and community education.
