State Domestic Violence Resources

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If you're a victim of abuse or violence at the hands of someone you know or love, or you are recovering from an assault by a stranger, you are not alone.

To get immediate help and support
call the National Domestic Violence Hotline
at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)

or the National Sexual Assault Hotline
at 1-800-656-4673.
You can also visit the
National Sexual Assault Online Hotline.

State Resource Detail

Abby's House

52 High Street
Worchester , MA 01609

Phone number(s):
(508) 756-5486

Fax: (508) 798-3299

Web site address: http://www.abbyshouse.org/index.shtml

Mission statement:
The mission of Abby’s House is to provide emergency and long-term housing, as well as woman-centered advocacy and support services to homeless, battered and low-income women, with or without children. In addition, we provide education to the community about the issues with which our guests and residents struggle each day. We fulfill our mission by empowering women to lead self-directed lives filled with dignity and hope. By offering warm hospitality, we seek to be in relationships of caring and support. In naming the oppression that exists in women's lives, we strive to create change.

Content last updated September 1, 2007.

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