Local Programs

Updated:

August 10, 2016

This page has contact information for programs that offer assistance and referrals to victims and survivors of abuse throughout your state. If you plan to contact a program by email, please review our Safety when using email page first.

We list the organizations by the county where the office is located, but many offices serve multiple counties. You can click “View All” to look through the complete list of organizations. If you are looking for an attorney to represent you in court or to give you legal advice about your situation, go to our Finding a Lawyer page instead.

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Fannin

North Georgia Mountain Crisis Network

P.O. Box 1249
Blue Ridge, GA 30513
Hotline: (706) 632-8400 (24-hour Crisis Domestic Violence Hotline) or or 1-800-334-2836 (24-hour Crisis Sexual Assault Hotline)
Phone: (706) 632-8401
Phone 2: (706) 632-9024
Fax: (706) 632-1007
URL: https://ngmcn.com/

North Georgia Mountain Crisis Network operates a 24 hour emergency shelter, 24 hour crisis hotline, and provides a number of services including safety planning, children's services, parenting support, case management, legal advocacy, and social services advocacy. Services are available both residents of the shelter and non-residents, services are offered in Fannin, Gilmer, and Pickens counties.

Fayette

Promise Place- Fayetteville Office

P.O. Box 854
Fayetteville, GA 30214
Hotline: (770) 460-1604 (24-hour Crisis Hotline)
Phone: (770) 461-3839 (Administrative)
Fax: (770) 460-6591
URL: https://promiseplace.org/
Email: promiseplace@promiseplace.org

Promise Place provides a 24-hour crisis hotline, weekly support groups, legal advocacy, emergency needs assistance, transitional housing and safety planning. They provide services to Fayette, Spalding, Pike, and Upson counties.

Floyd

Hospitality House for Women

P.O. Box 5163
Rome, GA 30162
Hotline: (706) 235-4673 (24-hour Crisis Hotline)
Phone: (706) 235-4608 (Administrative)

Services provided by Hospitality House include, a 24-hour crisis hotline, a domestic violence shelter, financial support for transportation, and housing, relocation assistance, individual counseling, parenting and domestic violence support groups, legal advocacy and court accompaniment, social service agency referral and advocacy, childcare and follow- up services. Hospitality House for Women provides services to both English- speaking and non-English speaking families. They provide services to both residents of the shelter and outreach clients who do not live in the shelter. Services are available to domestic violence victims in Rome and Floyd County.

Forsyth

Forsyth County Family Haven

P.O. Box 1160
Cumming, GA 30028
Hotline: (770) 887-1121 (24-hour Crisis Hotline)
Phone: (770) 889-6384
Email: shalon-familyhaven@att.net

Operates a 24-hour crisis line, confidential emergency shelter, and transitional housing program. Provides case management services, counseling and support groups, and legal advocacy. They serve Forsyth and North Fulton Counties.

Fulton

Partnership Against Domestic Violence

P.O. BOX 170255
Atlanta, GA 30317
Hotline: 24-hour Fulton County Hotline: 404-873-1766
Phone: 24-hour Gwinnett County Hotline: 770-963-9799
Phone 2: 404-870-9600
Fax: 404-870-9611
URL: https://padv.org/
Email: info@padv.org

Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV) is Georgia's largest nonprofit domestic violence organization, and provides a number of services for victims, including shelter, safety planning, and legal advocacy. PADV services are available in Fulton and Gwinnett counties. Some services are available to non-residents of the shelter.

Raksha addresses social issues within the South Asian community such as family and sexual violence and divorce, as well as issues concerning children, senior citizens and new immigrants. Raksha provides free and confidential support services such as crisis intervention, individual and family counseling, legal advocacy, support groups, and interpretation services. Raksha also runs a hotline, which is open Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm.

Shalom Bayit (Jewish Family and Career Services)

4549 Chamblee Dunwoody Road
Atlanta, GA 30338
Phone: 770.677.9300
Phone 2: 770.677.9474 for info about counseling
URL: https://jfcsatl.org/services

Shalom Bayit is a program offered through Jewish Family and Career Services that provides short and long-term assistance to those facing physical violence, or emotional or sexual abuse in their families or intimate relationships. Shalom Bayit offers support groups, individual counseling, crisis intervention, safety planning, and referrals for all people affected by abusive relationships.

Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence

P.O. Box 171
Atlanta, GA 30031
Hotline: (404) 688-9436 (24-hour Crisis Hotline)
Phone: (404) 370-7670
URL: https://www.wrcdv.org/

The Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence operates a safe house, a 24-hour domestic and dating violence hotline and provides legal advocacy, consultations with attorneys, domestic violence support groups, financial planning, and community education and advocacy services. Resources are available to residents and non-residents of the domestic violence safe house.

Places that Help: Georgia