Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

Legal and Program Advocates are available to support the needs of intimate partner violence/domestic violence survivors. Intimate partner violence/domestic violence involves physical, sexual, economic, and emotional abuse from an intimate partner.

We can provide support with:

  • Emergency shelter services

  • Counseling

  • Legal assistance to file Temporary Restraining Order

    • Minors 12 years old or older can file a restraining order without parent or guardian assistance.

  • Court Accompaniment

  • Peer to peer support

  • Teen dating violence

Forms of Abuse

  • Physical & Sexual

    • Scratching, biting, grabbing
    • Shoving & pushing
    • Throwing objects
    • Hurting or threatening to hurt your children and/or pets
    • Strangling, burning, attacking

  • Economic/Financial

    • Sabotaging employment
    • Forbidding victim to work or attend school
    • Denying access to a vehicle
    • Withholding money
    • Running up debt

  • Emotional/Psychological

    • Name calling, mocking
    • Preventing you to see family/friends
    • Manipulating your children
    • Cheating or being overly jealous
    • Monitoring your phone calls, text, car & computer use

  • Stalking & Harassment

    • Making unwanted visits
    • Sending unwanted messages
    • Following you, installing GPS tracking software
    • Refusing to leave
    • Checking up on you constantly

 Please note our legal advocates cannot represent you in court, nor provide any legal services/advice beyond restraining order services.  

If you are experiencing intimate partner violence/domestic violence, sexual assault, elder abuse, or are a survivor of human sex trafficking call the 24 Hour Crisis Hotline 1-877-727-3225.

Call the Crisis Hotline 1-877-727-3225