Violence Prevention Resources

Domestic Violence

Links to other Web sites for information regarding domestic violence:

• Kentucky Domestic Violence Association
  
• National Domestic Violence Hotline
• Love Is Not Abuse
• Family Violence Prevention Branch
• Mary Byron Foundation
• National Center for Victims of Crimes
• Victims Information and Notification Everyday (VINE)
• Women’s Law Initiative
• Apna Ghar (assistance and resources for Asian women)
• Institute on Domestic Violence in the African-American Community
• The National Training and Technical Assistance Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma and Mental Health
• DV Against Men
• Information for Salon Professionals
  

Domestic Violence and the Elderly

• National Clearing House on Abuse in Later Life (Wisconsin)
• National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse

Children and the Effects of Domestic Violence

• Effects of Domestic Violence on Children

Myths About Domestic Violence

• Myths and Facts about Domestic Violence
  

Information Regarding Obtaining Emergency Protective Orders (EPO) and Domestic Violence Orders (DVO)

• Steps to Take
  

Violence Prevention Resources

Cabinet for Health and Family Services Links

• Division of Women's Physical and Mental Health, Department for Public Health 
• Department for Community Based Services

Kentucky External Links

• Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs (KASAP)
• Kentucky Commission on Women (KCW)
• Kentucky Office of the Attorney General, Victim Advocacy Division
• Mary Byron Foundation
• Office of Victim Services, Kentucky Department of Corrections
• Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky
• Victim Information and Notification Everyday (VINE)

National External Links

• American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
• Bureau of Justice Statistics, U. S. Department of Justice
• Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• FaithTrust Institute, Seattle, WA (formerly The Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence)
• Family Violence Prevention Fund
• Millennium: Ending Domestic Violence
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
• National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center
• National Domestic Violence Hotline
• National Organization for Victim Assistance
• National Organization for Women
• National Center for Victims of Crime
• National Women's Health Information Center, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Office for Victims of Crime, U. S. Department of Justice
• Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN)
• Stop It Now!  (child sexual abuse)
• Violence Against Women Office Website