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
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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.
