Family and Youth Services Bureau
National Domestic Violence Resource Network

The National Domestic Violence Resource Network (DVRN) is administered by the Family and Youth Services Bureau’s Family Violence Prevention and Services Program.  The DVRN is a network of five centers that provide resource information, training and technical assistance to Federal, State, local and Tribal agencies, domestic violence programs, local community- and faith-based organizations, and other entities and individuals who provide services to domestic violence victims.  The DVRN works to strengthen the existing support systems serving battered women, their children, and other victims of domestic violence.  Each resource center below promotes research and provides technical assistance and leadership in the development of effective domestic violence public policy.

• The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (800-537-2238) is operated by the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence and provides information and resources, policy development, and technical assistance designed to enhance community response to and prevention of domestic violence. Web site: http://www.nrcdv.org
  
  
• The Resource Center on Civil and Criminal Law, also known as the Battered Women’s Justice Project (800-903-0111) provides training, technical assistance and other resources through a partnership with the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project, the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women, and the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Web site: http://www.bwjp.org
  
  
• The Resource Center on Child Custody Protection (800-527-3223) is operated by the National Center of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Family Violence Project and provides information, consultation, training and legal research related to child protection and custody.
  
  
• The Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence (888-792-2873 or 800-313-1310) is operated by the Family Violence Prevention Fund and provides specialized health care information, technical assistance and library services. Web site: http://endabuse.org
  
  
• Sacred Circle, National Resource Center to End Violence Against Native Women (877-733-7623) is operated by Cangleska, Inc. of the Oglala Sioux Tribe at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.  It provides resource information and materials, technical assistance and consultation to Tribes, Tribal organizations and other individuals and entities seeking to assist Tribes and Tribal organizations within the context of domestic violence.

For More Information

For information about the Family and Youth Services Bureau's Family Violence Prevention and Services Program, contact the Family Violence Prevention and Services Program.

Director of Family Violence - William Riley at (202) 401-5529 or wriley@acf.hhs.gov.

State Programs - Gertrude (Sunni) Knight at (202) 401-5319 or gknight@acf.hhs.gov.

Tribal Programs - Shena Williams at (202) 205-5932 or swilliams1@acf.hhs.gov.

All staff are available to provide general/discretionary information.