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Domestic and Family Violence – Colorado Based
- Amend - Working to end domestic violence by providing counseling to men who have been abusive, advocacy to their partners, and education to the community.
- CASA of Jeffco and Gilpin Counties - Promotes and advocates the best interests of abused and neglected children in Jefferson and Gilpin Counties, Colorado.
- Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence - CCADV serves as a state forum for social action and the development of services for battered women and their families by bringing its membership and the community together.
- Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault - CCASA is a statewide coalition working toward the elimination of sexual violence.
- Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance - Statewide membership organization committed to addressing the needs of all victims of crime.
- FACES - The mission of FACES is to prevent child abuse, neglect, and family violence.
- Project Pave - Promotes alternatives to violence through education.
- Project Safeguard
- Providence Network - Christian-based transitional home for low-income abused women and children who are leaving domestic violence situations.
- Rape Assistance and Awareness Program - Rape crisis center serving metro Denver that assists victims of sexual assault and provides programs that educate the public about preventing sexual violence.
- Safehouse Denver
- Safehouse Progressive Alliance for NonViolence
- The Denver Center for Crime Victims - Provides services to residents of and victims of crime committed in Denver.
Domestic and Family Violence-National
- ABackans DCP, Inc. - Educational and other materials on domestic violence
- American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence
- American Institute on Domestic Violence - Assists businesses in addressing domestic violence in the work place
- Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence
- Child Welfare Information Gateway
- Faith Trust Institute - An educational resource on abuse and religion
- Family Violence Prevention Fund - Works to end domestic violence and help women and children whose lives are devastated by abuse
- Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community - Providing leadership to end/reduce domestic violence in the African American community.
- Jewish Women International - Dedicated to breaking the cycle of violence through education, advocacy and action – locally, nationally and around the world.
- Men Stopping Violence - Dedicated to ending men's violence against women
- Mending the Sacred Hoop - Domestic violence services and support for Native Americans
- Multilingual Access Project (MAP)- Provides information on domestic violence and how to get help in 9 languages - Chinese, Korean, Amharic, Russian, Cambodian, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Somali, and Spanish.
- National Center on Elder Abuse
- National Coalition Against Domestic Violence - Dedicated to the empowerment of battered women and their children, and therefore committed to the elimination of personal and societal violence in the lives of battered women and their children.
- National Domestic Violence Hotline - Trained counselors provide crisis assistance and information about shelters, legal advocacy, health care and counseling: 1-800-799-SAFE
- National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center - A central source of information on prevention and intervention programs, publications, research, and statistics on violence committed by and against children and teens.
- New Beginnings - Online support for victims and survivors of domestic violence
- Online Domestic Violence Survival Kit
- Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network
- SAFE (Stop Abuse for Everyone) - A non-profit organization that provides advocacy, information, and support for men and women who are the victims of domestic violence.
- Stop Family Violence.org - Resources to provide legislative changes
- Survivor Project - Survivor Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to addressing the needs of intersex and trans survivors of domestic and sexual violence through caring action, education and expanding access to resources and to opportunities for action.
- The Family Violence Department (FVD) of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) - Dedicated to improving the way courts, law enforcement, agencies and others respond to family violence, with the ultimate goal of improving the lives of domestic violence victims and their children.
- U.S. Department of Justice Programs: Violence Against Women Office
- Web Resources on Elder Abuse
Homelessness-Self-Sufficiency Colorado/National
- Catholic Charities and Community Services of the Archdiocese of Denver, Inc. - Offers counseling, child care, homeless shelters, transitional housing, employment resources, adoption, foster care, neighborhood centers and emergency assistance
- Center for Women's Employment and Education - Job skills training for single parent welfare recipients.
- Colorado Coalition for the Homeless - Works collaboratively toward the prevention and elimination of homelessness through education, advocacy, and improved services for the homeless
- DOL (U.S. Department of Labor) - DOL has launched a website targeted for homeless service providers and advocates. The website contains information about employment and training programs and other initiatives that are crucial components to addressing the needs of the homeless.
- Jeffco Action Center - Provides immediate response to basic human needs and promotes self-sufficiency through a continuum of emergency services
- Jefferson Center for Mental Health- Promoting mental health and providing quality mental health services to persons with emotional problems and serios mental illness.
- Mercy Housing
- Mi Casa Resource Center for Women, Inc. - Promotes economic self-sufficiency for women through training, job placement and referrals. Prevention/ intervention programs for youth.
- National Coalition for the Homeless - Works to end homelessness through public education, policy advocacy, grassroots organizing and technical assistance
- Parent Pathways - Provides self-sufficiency services, counseling, interpreting services for the deaf, teen parent education, and shelter for abused teens and the homeless
- Providence Network - Christian-based transitional home for low-income abused women and children who are leaving domestic violence situations.
- Stride - Helps low-income people become self-sufficient
- The Gathering Place - Supports women and their children experiencing homelessness or poverty by providing safe daytime refuge and resources for self-sufficiency
- Tri-County Workforce Services - Provides a consolidated system of free, public-funded services for assisting individuals with career planning, employment and referrals. Serving Jefferson, Clear Creek and Gilpin counties, Colorado.
- Urban Peak - Serves homeless and runaway youth in metro Denver.
- Volunteers of America - Provides homeless and senior services, food distribution, meals-on-wheels, battered women's shelter and services, and emergency assistance for paroled offenders.
- Women's Bean Project - A stepping stone toward outside employment and personal and economic self-sufficiency for women who come from backgrounds of chronic unemployment, poverty or displacement.
Youth-Children-Families Colorado/National
- Boys Hope Girls Hope - Provides educational assistance and housing to at-risk youth ages 10-14.
- Bridgeway - Shelter, education, counseling, and support for pregnant teens and their babies.
- CASA of Jeffco and Gilpin Counties - Promotes and advocates the best interests of abused and neglected children in Jefferson and Gilpin Counties, Colorado.
- Center for Domestic Violence Prevention Teen Relationship Web site
- Colorado Association of Family and Children's Agencies
- Colorado Children's Campaign
- Colorado Department of Education
- Colorado Department of Human Services
- Jefferson County Public Schools (Colorado)
- National Runaway Switchboard
- Tennyson Center - Dedicated to breaking the cycle of child abuse and neglect, serving and strengthening children and families through competent and caring treatment, educational and advocacy services.
- Urban Peak - Serves homeless and runaway youth in metro Denver.
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