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Directory - Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse
NATIONWIDE
Childline : Child Abuse Local Hotline: 1-800-932-0313
Child Abuse national Hotline: 1 -800-422-4453
Domestic Violence Hotline: 610-478-7171
Healthy Kids Helpline: 1-800-986-5437
National Child Abuse and Neglect: 1-800-422-4453
National Domestic Violence HOTLINE: 1-800-799-7233
Please see “Support Groups” page for additional help
Organization: Berks Advocates Against Violence
Address: 500 Buttonwood Street Reading, PA 19601
Phone #: 610-376-3693
Contact person: Fred Stubbs
E-mail: berksadvocates@cs.com
URL: www.baav.org
Mission statement: Our mission is to appropriately challenge the misuses and abuses of power and privilege which contribute to violence. Our intervention and repartition are based on responsibility and accountability through counseling of abusive partners, particularly men.
Organization: Berks County Children & Youth Services
Address: 633 Court Street 11th Floor Reading PA 19601
Phone #: 610-478-6700
Contact person:
E-mail: bccys@countyofberks.com
URL: www.berkscys.org
Mission statement: Provide services for children who are abused and / or neglected. These services include intake / screening, referral, abuse / neglect investigation, and out-of-home placement, and adoption. Counseling, mental health services, drug and alcohol services, and parenting classes are available.
Organization: Berks Women in Crisis
Address: 50 N. 4th Street Suite 101 Reading, PA 19601
Phone #: 610-373-1206
Hotlines:
English : 610-372-9540: Spanish:610-372-7463
Contact person: Receptionist
E-mail: peace@berkswomenincrisis.org
URL: www.berkswomenincrisis.org
Mission statement: The mission of Berks Women in Crisis is to provide supportive services to victims and eliminate domestic and sexual violence in Berks County.
Contact person: Casa
Address: 501 Washington Street P.O. Box 302 Reading, PA 19603
Phone #: 610-685-4574
Contact person: Sharron Mast
E-mail:
URL: www.uwberks.org
Mission statement: Provides abused and neglected children with committed individuals who can closely monitor these children and advocate their needs in court.
Organization: Children’s Alliance
Address: 430 N. 2nd Street Reading, PA 19601
Phone #: 610-898-5437
Contact person: April Reed-Schmehl
E-mail: areed-schmehl@opphouse.org
URL: www.opphouse.org/CAC.htm
Mission statement: The Children’s Alliance Center (CAC) of Berks County strives to reduce the trauma of children who disclose sexual abuse by bringing together professionals to service the needs of children and their families under one roof.
Organization: End Abuse
Address: 383 Rhode Island St., Suite #304 San Francisco, CA 94103-5133
Phone #: 415-252-8900
Contact person:
E-mail: info@endabuse.org
URL: www.endabuse.org
Mission statement: The Family Violence Prevention Fund works to prevent violence within the home, and in the community, to help those whose lives are devastated by violence because everyone has the right to live free of violence.
Organization: Heart to Heart
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URL: www.heart-2-heart.ca/men/#
Mission statement: A kind and loving resource for abused men.... A place to begin understanding and healing...
Organization: Help Guide for Abused and Battered Women
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URL: www.helpguide.org/mental/domestic_violence_abuse_help_treatment_prevention.htm#
Mission statement: Resources for abused and battered women, including hotlines you can call for advice; shelters where you can stay; even job training, legal services, and childcare.
Organization: Incest Survivors Resource Network, International
Address: Friends Meeting House 15 Rutherford Place New York, New York 10003
Phone #: 212-577-7777 Victim Service Agency 24 Hour Hotline
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Mission statement: A survivor-initiated organization with over 100 members, providing peer support, advocacy and public education concerning incest. To study the root causes of family violence and criminal behavior, to provide workshops and video tapes for staff training.
Organization: Male Survivor
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URL: www.malesurvivor.org
Mission statement: We are committed to preventing, healing, and eliminating all forms of sexual victimization of boys and men through support, treatment, research, education, advocacy, and activism.
Organization: Megan's Law PA
Address:
Phone #: 1-866-771-3170
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URL: www.pameganslaw.state.pa.us/EntryPage.aspx
Mission statement: Public access to information about registered sex offenders in Pennsylvania. Pursuant to the provisions of Pennsylvania's Megan's Law, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9791 et seq., the State Police has established this web page to provide timely information to the public on registered sex offenders who reside, attend school, and are employed/carry on a vocation, within this Commonwealth.
Organization: Mothers Against Sexual Abuse
Address: P.O. Box 371 Huntersville, NC 28070
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E-mail: Masa@iofx.com
URL: www.againstsexualabuse.org
Mission statement: MASA offers educational programs to teachers, child caregivers and professionals for the prevention and detection of child sexual abuse. MASA develops these programs and takes a vital role in their implementation.
Organization: My Voice of Truth
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URL: www.myvoiceoftruth.com
Mission statement: This website is dedicated to all the men and women who have survived the devastation of childhood abuse. Whether you were sexually abused or physically and mentally abused, I hope that this will be a place where you can find your own voice.
Organization: National Association to Protect Children
Address: PROTECT P. O. Box 27599 Knoxville, TN 37927
Phone #: 865-525-0901
Contact person:
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URL: www.protect.org
Mission statement: PROTECT is a national pro-child, anti-crime membership association. We are founded on the belief that our first and most sacred obligation as parents, citizens, and members of the human species is the protection of children from harm. We are committed to building a powerful, nonpartisan force for the protection of children from abuse, exploitation and neglect.
Organization: National Center for Victims of Crime
Address: 2000 M Street NW Suite 480 Washington, DC 20036
Phone #: 202-467-8725
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URL: www.ncvc.org
Mission statement: The mission of the National Center for Victims of Crime is to forge a national commitment to help victims of crime rebuild their lives. We are dedicated to serving individuals, families, and communities harmed by crime.
Organization: National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Address: 1120 Lincoln Street Suite #1603 Denver, CO 80203
Phone #: 303-839-1852
Contact person:
E-mail: mainoffice@ncadv.org
URL: www.ncadv.org
Mission statement: NCADV's work includes coalition building at the local, state, regional and national levels; support for the provision of community-based, non-violent alternatives - such as safe home and shelter programs - for battered women and their children; public education and technical assistance
Organization: The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
Address: 6400 Flank Drive Suite 1300 Harrisburg, PA 17112
Phone #: 800-537-2238 ext: 137
Contact person:
E-mail:
URL: www.nrcdv.org
Mission statement: It is the NRCDV’s mission to improve societal and community responses to domestic violence and, ultimately, prevent its occurrence. We provide a wide range of free, comprehensive, and individualized technical assistance, training, and specialized resource materials and projects designed to enhance current intervention and prevention strategies.
Organization: Office of the Aging
Address: 633 Court Street 8th Floor Reading, PA 19601-4303
Phone #: 610-478-6500 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Contact person:
E-mail: aging@countyofberks.com
URL: www.co.berks.pa.us/aging/cwp/view.asp?a=1820&q=470683
Mission statement: To detect, prevent, reduce, or eliminate abuse, neglect, exploitation, and abandonment of persons 60 years of age or older.
Organization: Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Address: Harrisburg, PA
Phone #: 800-932-4632 main office
Contact person:
URL: www.pcadv.org
Mission statement: PCADV is a private non-profit organization with a statewide network of 61 domestic violence programs across the Commonwealth which promotes safety and justice for battered women.
Organization: Protection From Abuse (PFA): Berks County Office
Address: 633 Court Street 1st Floor Services Center Reading, PA 19601
Phone #: 610-478-6418 ext. 5701 or ext. 5702
Contact person: Mynele Bermudez or Gonzalo Valverde
E-mail: pfa@countyofberks.com
URL: www.co.berks.pa.us/familycourt/cwp/view.asp?a=1884&Q=474015&tx=1
Mission statement: A PFA is a civil order of the court available to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. It prohibits the offender from abusing, stalking, harassing, threatening or attempting to use physical force that would reasonably cause bodily injury to the victim.
Organization: Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)
Address:
Phone #: 1-800-656-HOPE
Contact person:
E-mail: info@rainn.org
URL: www.million.rainn.org
Mission statement: The nation's largest anti-sexual assault organization.
Organization: Soaring on Enchanted Wings
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E-mail: enchantedwings@enchantedwings.com
URL: http://enchantedwings.freeservers.com/index.html
Mission statement: Resources For Abuse Survivors, Supporters, And Family!
Organization: Stop Child Abuse
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URL: www.stop-abuse.org
Mission statement: Stop Child Abuse is now an acknowledged Internet network of free child rights activists, advocates, journalists, victims of abuse and others concerned in the issue of child abuse and child trafficking. The aim is not only to stop child abuse on the internet, but to work against child abuse of all kinds.
Organization: Survivors of Incest Anonymous
Address: P.O. Box 190 Benson, MD 21018-9998
Phone #: 410-893-3322
Contact person:
E-mail:
URL: www.siawso.org
Mission statement: This site is intended to be a resource to survivors of child sexual abuse and we hope it can be an aid in your recovery.
Organization: Trauma Counseling Services
Address: 122 West Lancaster Avenue, Shillington, PA 19607
Phone #: 610-775-1878
Contact person:
E-mail: agaulin@trauma-counseling.org
URL: www.trauma-counseling.org
Mission statement: Trauma Counseling Services is a practice dedicated to assisting people work through and process disturbing incidents in their lives so that they can move on. We are a group of therapists able to provide Gender and Cultural sensitive counseling for the needs of the community.
Organization: White Doves Nest
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URL: www.whitedovesnest.com
Mission statement: An internet site dedicated to survivors of sexual abuse and those that support them.