Safety Alert
Computer use can be monitored and is impossible to completely clear. If you are afraid your internet and/or computer usage might be monitored, please use a safer computer, call your local hotline, and/or call the National Domestic Violence Hotline.
Hotline Services
The National Domestic Violence Hotline answers more than 19,500 calls per month from victims, survivors, friends and family members, law enforcement personnel, domestic violence advocates and the general public. Hotline advocates provide support and assistance to anyone involved in a domestic violence situation, including those in same-sex relationships, male survivors, those with disabilities and immigrant victims of domestic violence. All calls to the National Domestic Violence Hotline are anonymous and confidential.
Hotline Services Include:
Crisis intervention, safety planning, information about domestic violence and referrals to local service providers
A direct connection to domestic violence resources available in the caller’s area provided by a Hotline advocate
Assistance in both English and Spanish with Hotline advocates having access to more than 140 different languages through interpreter services
Assistance through e-mail on the
contact page
Informational materials on such topics as domestic violence, sexual assault, battering intervention and prevention programs, working through the criminal justice system and related issues
Abuse in America
On the average, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends every day.