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Advocates who work at local domestic violence or sexual assault programs can help victims and survivors who need emotional support, help with making a plan to stay safe, shelter, accompaniment to court or to the police, and more. On these pages, you can find contact information for these non-profit statewide and local programs.
Central America Organizations
URL: http://www.naasca.org/Groups-Services/CENTRALAMERICA.pdf The National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse provides this list of organizations that serve different countries in Central America. These organizations provide services for different types of violence, including domestic.
Chayn
URL: https://www.chayn.co/ Chayn (pronounced ch-en) means “solace” in Urdu. Chayn is a global nonprofit, run by survivors and allies from around the world, creating resources to support the healing of survivors of violence. They create open, online resources and services for survivors of abuse that are trauma-informed, intersectional, and multi-lingual. They have resources for the UK, Italy, India, and Pakistan.
Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST)
Hotline: (888-539-2373) Fax: 213-365-5257
URL: https://www.castla.org/
By connecting survivors across the country, through CAST’s Advisory Caucus and National Survivor Network, the organization supports and encourages survivors to realize their own leadership qualities and to value their insight not just as survivors, but as experts in the human trafficking field. The depth of CAST’s work has not only changed the lives of those impacted by human trafficking, but it has positioned CAST as an organization leading the charge to help finally put an end to this epidemic.
Immigration Equality
Hotline: 1 (212) 714-2904 URL: https://immigrationequality.org/
Immigration Equality is the nation’s leading LGBTQ immigrant rights organization. They represent and advocate for people from around the world fleeing violence, abuse, and persecution because of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or HIV status. Information is available in English, Spanish, French, and Russian.
Lila.Help
URL: https://lila.help/ Their website offers violence hotlines/helplines and non-profit organizations for almost every country in the world.
National Human Trafficking Resource Center, a program of the Polaris Project
Hotline: 1-888-373-7888 URL: https://polarisproject.org/
The National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) is a national, toll-free hotline, available to answer calls from anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year. Through the hotline, you can report a tip, connect with anti-trafficking services in your area, or request training and technical assistance, general information, or specific anti-trafficking resources. Polaris Project’s National Trafficking Hotline can now be accessed by texting INFO or HELP to BeFree (233733).
Pathways to Safety International
Hotline: (833) 723-3833 URL: https://pathwaystosafety.org/
Email: crisis@pathwaystosafety.org
Pathways to Safety International serves people of all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, age and their pets who are victims/survivors of violence, including sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking and forced marriage abroad. Pathways to Safety International offers a continuum of culturally sensitive services. PSI provides long term case management from advocates with intercultural backgrounds and experience working with sexual violence survivors, who have been specifically trained and are knowledgeable on the additional obstacles that American survivors overseas face. PSI’s advocates will assist with international danger to safety relocation, specialized international safety planning, referrals to seasoned international family law attorneys experienced with the Hague and international child custody cases, international transition services, and assistance with housing and other basic needs when a survivor has left their abuser, it may be back in the United States or in another area of the world. Special populations served are overseas military victims, victims with disabilities, and immigrants and refugees (both American survivors immigrating abroad and foreign-born survivors immigrating to the U.S. with an American spouse or children who face additional barriers and obstacles).
Polaris Project
Fax: 202-745-1119 URL: https://polarisproject.org/
Email: info@polarisproject.org
The Polaris Project is a multicultural grassroots organization combating human trafficking and modern-day slavery. Based in the United States and Japan, they combine street-level experience and technical expertise to provide victim services, conduct advocacy, and build the anti-trafficking movement. Polaris Project’s National Trafficking Hotline can now be accessed by texting INFO or HELP to BeFree (233733), instantly connecting victims to services from the National Human Trafficking Resource Center.
South America Organizations
URL: http://www.naasca.org/Groups-Services/SOUTHAMERICA.pdf The National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse provides this list of organizations that serve different countries in South America. These organizations provide services for different types of violence, including domestic.
The Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition (BSCC)
Hotline: 619-666-2757 Phone 2: 1.888.373.7888
Fax: 619-336-0791
URL: https://bsccoalition.org/
The BSCC is an alliance of over 60 government and nonprofit agencies in the United States and Latin America that is convened in and along the U.S.-Mexico Border Region to combat slavery and human trafficking. Services: Advocacy for prostituted and trafficked girls and women. Assistance in providing a comprehensive, multifaceted network providing wrap-around services to women, men, and children who have been victimized by traffickers and held as slaves. Workshops provided for agencies offering services to victims of trafficking.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement, Anti-Trafficking in Persons
URL: https://acf.gov:443/otip/education-and-training/look-beneath-surface Email: Trafficking@acf.hhs.gov
Through the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s website, you can learn about federal programs, resources, and benefits available to refugees and victims of human trafficking. The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Program (ATIP) identifies and serves victims of human trafficking, assisting foreign trafficking victims in the United States to become eligible for public benefits and services to the same extent as refugees. The program also raises awareness of human trafficking through the HHS Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking campaign.
Vital Voices Global Partnership
Phone: (202) 861-2625 URL: https://www.vitalvoices.org/network-activation-global-advocacy/
Email: info@vitalvoices.org
Vital Voices’ Voices Against Violence program provides urgent assistance funds to survivors of extreme forms of gender based violence and harmful traditional practices who do not have access to other support alternatives. Funds are intended to support immediate, short-term needs in the aftermath of extreme gender based violence including, but not limited to, medical expenses, psychological support or counseling, emergency shelter, or other safe accommodation, relocation expenses, livelihood and dependent support, and legal assistance. Individual survivors of gender based violence can request emergency assistance directly or through intermediaries such as civil society organizations, services providers, community or faith-based groups and/or family members.
Women Against Violence Europe
Phone: +43 (0) 1 548 272 0 Fax: +43 (0) 1 548 272 027
URL: https://wave-network.org/
Email: office@wave-network.org
Women Against Violence Europe is a resource directory of European abuse hotlines and shelters working to prevent violence against women and children. The Wave information center provides information and referrals to other centers. See WAVE’s list of helplines and shelters here.
