Local Programs
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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Thomas
Halcyon Home for Battered Women
P.O. Box 1838Thomasville, GA 31799
Hotline: (800) 284-9980, (229) 226-6666
Phone: (229) 226-6682
URL: https://www.halcyonhomeshelter.org/
Halcyon Home for Battered Women provides 24-hour crisis intervention, referrals by phone, follow-up contact and services, criminal justice support, group treatment, emergency financial aid, crisis hotline, personal advocacy, 24-hour safe shelter, life skills and personal development training, household establishment assistance, emergency legal and courthouse advocacy, sexual assault crisis intervention and support and daycare (in shelter). They serve Thomas, Grady, Decatur, Seminole and Mitchell counties.
Tift
Ruth's Cottage
P.O. Box 2727Tifton, GA 31793
Phone: (229) 387-9697
URL: https://stopthehurtga.org/
Ruth’s Cottage provides an emergency shelter, support and education groups, relocation assistance, individual and group support, legal advocacy assisting in temporary protective orders and stalking orders, as well as referrals to other specialized services. They provide services to Tift, Turner, Irwin, Ben Hill and Worth counties. Services are available to shelter residents as well as on an outreach basis to non-residents.
Toombs
The Refuge Domestic Violence Shelter
P.O. Box 853Vidalia, GA 30475
Hotline: (912) 538-9935 (24 hours)
Phone: (706) 765-8019 (teen dating text line)
Phone 2: (912) 538-9936
URL: https://www.therefugeshelter.org/
The Refuge provides a 24-hour crisis hotline, a domestic violence shelter, legal advocacy, support groups and child advocacy. They serve Toombs, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler and Emanuel counties.
Troup
Harmony House
P.O. Box 2925LaGrange, GA 30241
Hotline: (706) 885-1525 (24-hour Crisis Hotline)
Phone: (706) 885-1526 (Administration)
URL: https://www.harmonyhousega.org/
Email: breakthecycle@harmonyhousega.org
Harmony House provides a 24-hour hotline, crisis intervention, an emergency shelter, safety planning, case management, legal advocacy, social service advocacy, children’s advocacy, counseling and support group and assistance with medical, transportation, employment, and housing needs. Services are provided to both clients who are residential (residing in the shelter) and outreach (victims that do not want or need emergency shelter but still want services).




