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National Organizations for Domestic Violence Issues

Organizations offering information, materials, advice on policies, programs, legal issues, legislation and strategies directed at stopping stop family violence and domestic abuse.

Alliance for Children and Families

The Alliance is a national membership association, which provides effective resources and leadership to over 300 private, nonprofit child- and family-serving organizations in the United States and Canada.

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)

ACOG provides professional publications on violence against women, intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and adolescent dating violence.

The Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence

A national nonprofit organization offering information, materials and advice targeted at reducing the costs and consequences of partner violence at work.

Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute

They offer information on many areas of family violence and sexual assault, plus maintain a clearinghouse, and publish a quarterly bulletin.

Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF)

FVPF works to prevent violence within the home, and in the community, to help those whose lives are devastated by violence. The Website offers prevention toolkits and information on public education, child welfare, immigration, public health, and criminal justice.

Institute on Domestic Violence in the African-American Community

The site features newsletters, hotline numbers, information about advocate forums, in an effort to reduce domestic violence in the African-American community.

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV)

NCADV work includes coalition building at the local, state, regional and national levels, and support for the provision of community-based, non-violent alternatives, such as safe home and shelter programs for battered women and their children.

National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence

The Alianza, a group of nationally recognized Latina and Latino advocates, community activists, practitioners, researchers, and survivors of domestic violence, works to eliminate domestic violence from Latino communities through research, public policy, training and technical assistance, and community education and development.

National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center (NVAWPRC)

Their site is useful to scientists, practitioners, advocates, grassroots organizations, and anyone interested in current topics related to violence against women and its prevention.

Violence Against Women

An index of articles by the Purpleberet Organization, who are grassroots, "in-your-face" advocates for women who are victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.

Witness Justice

Witness Justice provides trauma victims and their families with resources that promote physical, psychological, and spiritual healing.

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