Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence
Cape Cod Center for Women
Caritas Holy Family Hospital Family Safety Project
Child Witness to Violence Project
Children's Services of Roxbury Family Visitation Program
Elizabeth Stone House
Family Violence Prevention Fund
HarborCOV
Help for Abused Women and Their Children (HAWC)
Independence House, Inc.
Institute for Health and Recovery
Jane Doe, Inc.
Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
New Hope, Inc.
REACH Beyond Domestic Violence
SafeLink: Massachusetts Statewide Domestic Violence Hotline
The Network/La Red
The Women's Center (New Bedford)
The Women's Center at SSTAR
University of Massachusetts, Gerontology Institute
Victory Programs, Inc.
Voices Against Violence
YWCA of Central Massachusetts Battered Women's Resources, Inc.
YWCA of Central Massachusetts Daybreak
YWCA of Greater Lawrence Domestic Violence Program
YWCA of Western Massachusetts Domestic Violence Services

• Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence works with area social service organizations, institutions, and community leaders to end family violence and strengthen Asian families and communities. www.atask.org
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• The Cape Cod Center for Women assists and supports battered women and their children in leaving a violent environment and transitioning to independent living fully connected to a network of community support and with a lifelong safety plan. www.capecodshelter.org
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• Caritas Holy Family Hospital's Family Safety Project is a comprehensive, multi-faceted response to the crisis of domestic/family abuse. This program employs pro-active intervention to provide safety for victims of domestic violence through community collaboration, training and education, prevention and outreach, and perpetrator intervention. www.holyfamilyhosp.org
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• The Child Witness to Violence Project (CWVP) is a counseling, advocacy, and outreach project that focuses on the growing number of young children who are hidden victims of violence: children who are bystanders to community and domestic violence. www.childwitnesstoviolence.org
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• Children's Services of Roxbury Family Visitation Program provides a safe, neutral, supervised environment in which children visit their non-custodial parents as mandated by a court appointment or by the Department of Social Services. www.csrox.org
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• Elizabeth Stone House (the Stone House) is a feminist alternative mental health program in Boston that is run by women, for women. The Stone House provides both residential and community-based services in an environment where families heal and where women grow and reclaim control over all of the decisions that affect their lives. www.elizabethstonehouse.org
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• The Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF), a national nonprofit organization, works to end domestic violence and help women and children whose lives are devastated by abuse. The FVPF is committed to mobilizing concerned individuals, allied professionals, women's rights, civil rights, and other social justice organizations, and children's groups to join the campaign through public education/prevention campaigns, public policy reform, model training, advocacy programs, and organizing. www.endabuse.org
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• HarborCOV, Inc. is a comprehensive domestic violence program serving Boston's harbor communities of Chelsea, East Boston, Winthrop, and Revere. HarborCOV provides emergency assistance, support services, and permanent housing for individuals and their families, while seeking community solutions to end domestic violence. www.harborcov.org
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• Help for Abused Women and Their Children (HAWC) in Salem, MA provides comprehensive emergency and support services to battered women and their dependent children in Northeastern Massachusetts. www.helpabusedwomen.org
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• Independence House, Inc. is a private, nonprofit organization that serves the needs of battered woman and their children. Independence House also provides rape crisis services. www.independencehouse.com
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• Institute for Health and Recovery (IHR) is a statewide private, nonprofit organization located in Cambridge, MA. IHR is dedicated to improving services and fostering a coordinated continuum of comprehensive care for individuals and families, expecially women and their children, who are affected by the use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. www.healthrecovery.org
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• Jane Doe, Inc. is the statewide coalition against sexual assault and domestic violence, bringing together organizations and people committed to ending domestic violence and sexual assault. Guided by the voices of survivors, Jane Doe advocates for responsive public policy, promotes collaboration, raises public awareness, and supports member organizations to provide comprehensive prevention and intervention services. www.janedoe.org
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• Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center (formerly The Women's Crisis Center) works with area social service organizations, institutions, and community leaders to end family violence and strengthen families as well as our communities. The Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center also engages in social justice advocacy to raise awareness and provide consulting services to create institutional change. www.jeannegeigercrisiscenter.org
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• National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges is dedicated to serving the nation's children and families by improving the courts of juvenile and family jurisdictions. Their mission is to better the justice system through education and applied research and improve the standards, practices, and effectiveness of the juvenile court system www.ncjfcj.org
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• New Hope, Inc. is a nonprofit human service agency with over 28 years of experience in assisting people in crisis and delivering innovative quality service. New Hope works to end domestic violence by helping people live safer lives, and strives to make our community stronger by helping families become stronger. www.new-hope.org
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• REACH Beyond Domestic Violence (Refuge, Education, Advocacy and CHange) has a mission to advance the safety, healing, and empowerment of those who experience domestic or relationship violence, through direct services and education while promoting social justice for individuals and families of all backgrounds. Additionally, REACH provides extensive preventive education to the community, particularly to teens, to break the cycle of domestic violence and reduce the long-term harms associated with domestic violence. www.reachma.org
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• SafeLink: Massachusetts Statewide Domestic Violence Hotline is a resource for all victims of domestic violence. It offers: a 24-hour live response in English, Spanish, and TTY; translation in 140 languages; crisis intervention, safety planning, support, information and referrals; and access to emergency shelter statewide.
  SafeLink Telephone: 1-877-785-2020; TTY-1-877-521-2601
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• The Network/La Red is a community-based multi-cultural organization in which battered/formerly battered lesbians, bisexual women, and transgender folks hold leadership roles. Through community organizing, education, and the provision of support services as well as coalition-building with other movements for social change and social justice, The Network/La Red seeks to create a culture in which domination, coercion, and control are no longer accepted and operative social norms. www.thenetworklared.org
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• The Women's Center (New Bedford) offers comprehensive, free, and confidential services to survivors and victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child trauma. Services include: counseling, education, outreach, referrals, and resources for women, men and children. www.thewomenscentersc.com
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• The Women's Center at STARR provides individual and group counseling, support groups, and legal advocacy, including assistance with pro se documents and accompaniment to various courts. Their services also include a 24-hour crisis hotline, same-sex battering services, educational trainings, hospital advocacy, crisis intervention, and addressing teen dating violence. The Women's Center at SSTAR
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• University of Massachusetts, Boston, Gerontology Institute is one of this country's leading centers for the academic study of social gerontology. Their mission is twofold: to expand the knowledge base of and focus attention on the economic, social, and political issues and problems facing the aging population; and to strengthen the ability of and provide the opportunity for older people to make productive contributions in aging services and public policy development for the elderly. Gerontology Institute
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• Victory Programs, Inc. Victory Programs Inc., is a Boston-based multi-service agency providing individualized treatment programs to people recovering from alcohol and drug addiction, particularly those with psychological and medical problems including AIDS and HIV disease. Victory Programs
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• Voices Against Violence provides free and confidential services to victims of domestic/partner violence and sexual assault/rape in the Metrowest area. Services are provided in English, Spanish, and Portuguese and are available to everyone, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. Voices Against Violence
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• YWCA of Central Massachusetts Battered Women's Resources, Inc. has addressed the crisis of domestic violence with its 24-hour hotline, emergency shelter, SAFEPLAN advocates and crisis counseling in Northern Worcester county for more than 30 years. Services for women and children include self-sufficiency assistance such as housing, education, child care and job training. Battered Women's Resources (BWRI)
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• YWCA Central Massachusetts Daybreak Resources is a comprehensive program that seeks to foster safety in the community by enabling women to break free from abuse, equipping young people with the skills to resist violence and abuse, promoting safe and mutually respectful interaction within families, and encouraging women to share their strengths and courage with others. Daybreak Resources
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• The YWCA of Greater Lawrence Domestic Violence Program has served more than 12,000 women, women with families, and teens in the Greater Lawrence area. The program provides emergency services, legal advocacy, transitional housing and housing advocacy, immigrant advocacy, and childrens' services. YWCA of Greater Lawrence
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• The YWCA of Western Massachusetts offers support, guidance, and vital services for victims of domestic violence or sexual assault. Among the services offered are crisis intervention through a 24-hour emergency hotline, advocacy and counseling, support groups in community settings, SAFEPLAN, emergency shelter and safe bed services, legal consultation, supervised visitation, and transitional housing services. YWCA of Western Massachusetts
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