resources

Books

• Getting Free by Ginny NiCarthy, M.S.W.
• You Can Be Free by Ginny NiCarthy and Sue Davidson
• Talking It Out: A Guide to Groups for Abused Women by Ginny NiCarthy, Karen Merriam, and Sandra Coffman
• The Ones Who Got Away: Women Who Left Abusive Partners by Ginny NiCarthy
• Not Under Bondage by Barbara Roberts
• Why Does He Do That by Lundy Bancroft
• When Dad Hurts Mom by Lundy Bancroft
• Should I Stay or Should I Go by Lundy Bancroft

National Resources

• National Domestic Violence Helpline
• National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
• National Network To End Domestic Violence
• National Center on Domestic & Sexual Violence
• National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
• US Office on Violence Against Women
• Joyful Heart Foundation
• Futures Without Violence
• Safe Horizon
• EVE Foundation
• WomensLaw

State Resources

• Alabama 800-650-6522
• Alaska (or here) contact by Community
• Arizona 800-782-6400
• Arkansas 800-269-4668
• California (or here) 800-524-4765
• Colorado  888-778-7091 
• Connecticut 888-774-2900
• Delaware N:302-762-6110 /S:302-422-8058 
• District of Columbia 202-299-1181
• Florida 800-500-1119
• Georgia 800-334-2836 
• Hawaii 808.832.9316 
• Idaho 800-669-3176
• Illinois 877-863-6338 
• Indiana 800-332-7385 
• Iowa 800-942-0333  
• Kansas 888-636-2287
• Kentucky 502-209-5382
• Louisiana 888-411-1333
• Maine 866-834-4357
• Maryland 800-634-3577
• Massachusetts 877-785-2020
• Michigan phone by county
• Minnesota (866) 223-1111
• Mississippi 800-898-3234/800-799-7233
• Missouri by county
• Montana by county
• Nebraska 402-476-6256
• Nevada 800-500-1556
• New Hampshire 866-644-3574
• New Jersey 800-572-7233
• New Mexico 505-246-9240 
• New York 800-942-6906
• North Carolina 919-956-9124
• North Dakota 888-255-6240
• Ohio 800-934-9840
• Oklahoma 800-522-7233
• Oregon 888-235-5333
• Pennsylvania 800-932-4632
• Rhode Island 800-494-8100
• South Carolina by county
• South Dakota 800-670-3989
• Tennessee 800-356-6767
• Texas 512-794-1133
• Utah 800-897-5465
• Vermont 800-228-7395
• Virginia  800-838-8238
• Washington 800-562-6025
• West Virginia  by county
• Wisconsin 608-255-0539
• Wyoming 307-755-5481