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Maricopa Association of Governments

Domestic Violence Related Links

Local and State

Area Agency on Aging, Region One
Maricopa Elder Abuse Prevention Alliance working to prevent and respond to late-life domestic violence.
www.aaaphx.org

Arizona Attorney General's Office
Information on victim's services and victim's rights.
http://www.attorneygeneral.state.az.us/

Arizona Department of Public Safety
Crime victim's Web site. Information regarding services, types of crimes, victim's rights, compensation and links to other sites.
http://www.dps.state.az.us/azvictims/

Arizona Judicial Branch
Web site for Arizona's state courts. Includes the Arizona Supreme Court, Administrative Office of the Courts, links to courts of general jurisdiction (Superior Court) and limited jurisdiction (justice of the peace and municipal courts). Offers access to court information, opinions, assistance, forms, hotlines, and employment. Does not include federal courts or tribal courts.
www.supreme.state.az.us/dr/dv/dv.htm  

City of Phoenix Family Advocacy Center
Provides services to victims of domestic violence including crisis counseling, safety planning, shelter access, medical examination, after hour advocate and victim assistance, and Orders of Protection.
www.ci.phoenix.az.us/CITZASST/fac.html

Community Information & Referral
On-line search capability for CONTACS with listing of available beds for homeless and domestic violence shelters.
http://www.cirs.org/

Governor's Office for the Children, Youth and Families
The Governor's Division For Women is a division of the Governor's Office for Children, Youth and Families (GOCYF). Under the GOCYF direction, the Governor's Division For Women specializes in administering grants, providing training and information, and guiding policy on the issues of domestic violence, womens health and workforce development.
http://www.governor.state.az.us/cyf/womens/index_women.html

Justice Services, Inc.
Offender treatment provider. Services include a 16 to 52 week offender treatment program and "Free" victim counseling.
www.justiceservices.com

Men's Anti-violence Network (M.A.N.)
The Men's Anti-violence Network (M.A.N.) is a group of more than 100 business and community leaders dedicated to stopping domestic violence by holding the abuser accountable and working on prevention efforts. M.A.N.'s focus is on changing public policy and increasing public awareness. It is an initiative of the Arizona Foundation for Women (AFW).
http://www.themangroup.org/aboutman.shtml

Save the Family
Comprehensive community services to assist homeless families with children transition to self-sufficiency.
www.savethefamily.org

 

National Sites

American Bar Association
Links to domestic violence resources and referrals to lawyers; shelter referral, statistics and other domestic violence related sites
www.abanet.org/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Latest news, publications, software & products, grant programs, data & statistics on health and disease and a search health topics.
www.cdc.gov

Center for Study and Prevention of Violence
Information on prevention, technical assistance and evaluation of prevention programs, violence awareness
http://www.colorado.edu/cspv

Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence
Inter-religious educational resources addressing sexual and domestic violence; acts as a link between secular and religious communities
www.cpsdv.org

Center on Crime, Communities & Culture
Guidelines and applications for fellowships and grants, research, publications, links, fact sheets and library
www.soros.org/crime/about-cccc.html

Department of Health and Human Services - Office of Community Services
Focuses on causes and characteristics of people in need; includes funding opportunities
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ocs/index.html

Family Violence Prevention Fund
National advocacy organization with focus on domestic violence education, prevention and public policy reform; also has the National Workplace Resource Center on Domestic Violence
http://www.fvpf.org

Feminist Majority Foundation
Lists free hotline numbers, one of which automatically transfers to a rape crisis center nearest caller.  Also lists contact information on numerous state coalitions on domestic violence.
www.feminist.org

Justice Information Center
National Criminal Justice Information Center; information on juvenile justice, law enforcement; victims, courts, prosecution, statistics and drugs/crime
http://www.ncjrs.org

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Excellent information on domestic violence and links to related sites
http://www.ncadv.org/index.htm

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Violence information related to domestic violence, juvenile justice, youth; includes a Division of Violence Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/

National Center for Victims of Crime
Toll free help line, safety strategies, helpful links (national, state and topic links), Public Policy (issues, in Congress and news), Civil Justice (civil justice system, finding a lawyer and bar association), and Newsletters (recent highlights).
www.ncvc.org

National Network to End Domestic Violence
Referrals, technical assistance, training, and other opportunities for advocates around the country. Also offers Nexus, a quarterly newsletter linking state coalitions and advocates. 
www.nnedv.org

Office of Justice Programs
Indigent defense resources, workplace violence, school violence, federal resources for after-school programs, services for children with disabilities and building blocks for safe & healthy communities.
www.ojp.usdoj.gov

Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence
Basic information on domestic violence, help for the victims, community coordination, criminal justice, health and human services, the workplace, legislation and publications.
www.opdv.state.ny.us

The Purple Ribbon Project
Grassroots effort to educate people about violence and encourage them to become involved in stopping violence
http://www.purpleribbonproject.com/

Spokane County Domestic Violence Consortium
An example of another regional coordinating council's Web site. 
www.domesticviolence.net/

Society for Human Resource Management
This Web site offers extensive human resource information to answer questions about domestic violence in the workplace.
www.shrm.org

breaking the cycle

The development of the web pages was supported through an Innovative Grant from the Governor's Office for Children, Youth and Families, Division for Women.