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MADD has hundreds of chapters that assist victims of drunk driving crashes at the local level. Its website offers statistics, activism information, materials in Spanish, and program awareness resources. MADD recently launched a 24-hour hotline to lend support to victims of drunk driving and their friends and family. You can call 877–MADD–HELP for emotional support, guidance, and referrals.
The Institute provides information on many areas of family violence and sexual assault.
The Institute provides training and consultation to religious communities on issues of sexual abuse and domestic violence.
The Child Welfare League of America serves abused and neglected children and their families. Services include child abuse prevention and treatment, youth programs, residential treatment, child daycare, and family preservation.
Besides providing services and benefits to its members, AARP is an advocacy organization for issues that are important to the 50+ population. The consumer issues unit deals with the rights and protection of older people.
The Alliance advocates for children, families, and communities and educates and trains human service leaders. This international nonprofit also delivers programs, information, and services to and through its membership of child- and family-serving organizations.
The overarching goal of the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health is to ensure that all survivors of domestic violence and their children who are experiencing abuse-related trauma and/or living with mental illness can access the services that they may need to enhance their safety and well-being.
The National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention promotes, supports, and enhances fetal and infant mortality review and child death review methodology and activities to local, state, and national audiences.
This association helps set the agenda and determine the direction of state mental health agency interests across the country, historically including state mental health planning, service delivery, and evaluation.
The ICAC Training and Technical Assistance Program provides training and technical assistance to state and local agencies in support of their ICAC initiatives.
The National Adult Protective Services Association provides state Adult Protective Services program administrators and staff with a forum for sharing information, solving problems, and improving the quality of services for victims of elder and vulnerable adult abuse.
The mission of the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life is to eliminate abuse in later life by challenging beliefs, policies, practices and systems that allow abuse to occur and continue and to improve safety, services and support to victims through advocacy and education.
SAPRO is responsible for oversight of the U.S. Department of Defense's sexual assault policy. SAPRO works hand-in-hand with the military and civilian communities to develop and implement innovative prevention and response programs. This office provides services to victims of crime, including specialized services to victims of sexual assault.
The mission of this network is to eliminate violence through advancing nursing education, practice, research, and public policy.
The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence provides technical assistance, training, and specialized materials and projects designed to enhance domestic violence intervention and prevention strategies.
The Battered Women's Justice Project offers training, technical assistance, and consultation on the most promising practices of the criminal and civil justice systems in addressing domestic violence.
The mission of the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, Inc. is to provide leadership, education, training, consultation, and support services in comprehensive crisis intervention and disaster behavioral health services to the emergency response professions, other organizations, and communities worldwide.
This organization is a forum for information, advocacy, and change to prevent violence against women.
The Family Research Laboratory works to understand family violence and the impact of violence in families.
