Pike County Human Service Agencies

List of Human Services compiled by the United Way of Pike County

Domestic Violence Links

• U.S. Department of Justice Violence Against Women Office Home Page
• NOW and Violence Against Women The National Organization for Women's site on issues related to violence against women.
• American Bar Association Domestic Violence Home Page
• Center Against Spouse Abuse (CASA) Site of a domestic violence center in St. Petersburg, Florida, describes services provided by CASA and offers general information on domestic violence.
• Partnerships Against Violence Home Page [PAVNET]. PAVNET Online is a "virtual library" of information about violence and youth-at-risk, representing data from seven different Federal agencies. It is a "one-stop," searchable, information resource to help reduce redundancy in information management and provide clear and comprehensive access to information for States and local communities
• Handbook of Domestic Violence posted by permission from Peace at Home (formerly Battered Women Fighting Back) in Boston.
• More domestic violence resources...
• CAVNET HOMEPAGE Addressing Domestic Violence -- Sexual Assault -- Stalking -- Violence Against Women.
• Men and Women Against Domestic Violence An internet-based coalition of men and women working to address the issue of domestic violence. "We declare that this is not just a women's issue, but is very much a men's issue, too. Therefore, it is our responsibility to educate and advocate against physical, mental, emotional and sexual violence of all kinds."
• Women's Center of Montgomery County (in Jenkintown, PA) web site.
• Laurel House a shelter and agency in Montgomery County (Norristown, PA).
• Minnesota Coalition Against Violence and Abuse Clearinghouse literally a library card catalog full of resources.
• Phenomenal Women.com help page.
• Domestic Abuse Counseling Center of Western PA.
• Articles published in Standard-Times of New Bedford, MA following six months of investigating domestic violence.
• Domestic violence site growing out of PBS series, "No Safe Place."
• Metro Nashville Police Department pages on abuse. An excellent collection of information and advice.
• Alcohol Abuse and Women Abuse.
• Domestic Violence Information Center
• Domestic Violence Program
• Domestic Violence Booklet
• Violence Against Women Grants Office
• Warning: How an Abuser Can Discover Your Internet Activities
• Sanctuary: SAfe Network Community, The Underground Abuse Refuge Sanctuary's purpose is to collect and maintain resources and information on abuse, its effects, and methods of dealing with those effects, to provide an electronic safe haven for abuse survivors and victims to come to discuss their problems; to help abuse survivors and victims move beyond their abuse and its effects; to provide abuse survivors and abuse victims with information and direct them to resources they can use to aid them in this.
• STOP Family Violence Web Page
• Address Confidentiality Bill Will Help Battered Women
• Dating Violence Resource Center www.ncvc.org/dvrc
• VAWnet The National Electronic Network on Violence Against Women
• Artemis Center for Alternatives to Domestic Violence offers a free "Breaking the Cycle" game for children that can be downloaded from their site.