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Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Resources

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Sexual Assault Resources

Central Massachusetts

Blackstone Valley Rape Crisis Team
800-511-5070/Milford

Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault
508-754-1019/Worcester

Rape Crisis Center of Central MA
800-870-5905/Worcester
800-223-5001 (Spanish)
888-887-7130 (TTY)
978-343-5683 (voice & TDD)/Fitchburg
www.rapecrisiscenter.org

Eastern Massachusetts

Beth Israel Hospital Rape Crisis Service
617-667-4645/Boston

Boston Area Rape Crisis Center
617-492-RAPE /Cambridge
800-841-8371 (English)
800-223-5001(Spanish)
www.barcc.org

Cape Ann Sexual Assault Crisis Service
978-281-7631

Cape Cod Rape Crisis Center
800-439-6507/Hyannis (24 hr)

Casa Myrna Vasquez
617-521-0100
800-992-2600
877-785-2020 SafeLink Domestic Violence Helpline, accessible 24 hours a day.
www.casamyrna.org

Center for Sexual Abuse Counseling
781-237-9110/Wellesley

Heartlines, Inc.
617-524-6850/Jamaica Plain

Latinos Against Sexual Assault
978-685-2480/Lawrence

Mass. General Hospital Rape Emergency Unit
617-726-2000/Boston

New Hope Sexual Assault Program
800-323-4673/Attleboro
www.new-hope.org

Norfolk County Sexual Assault Unit
781-326-1111/Dedham

North Shore Rape Crisis Center
156 Cabot St., Beverly, MA 01915
978-927-4506 x206 (office)
800-922-8772 (24 Hr Hotline)

Plymouth Rape Crisis Center
508-580-3964/Brockton

Rape Crisis Center
508-485-7273/Marlborough

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Rape Crisis Services of Greater Lowell
800-542-5212/Lowell
www.rcsgi.org

Sexual Abuse Treatment Service
978-283-0296/Gloucester

Womansplace Crisis Center
888-293-7273/Brockton

Women's Protective Services
Rape crisis & domestic violence issues
800-593-1125/Framingham, Metro-West

Western Massachusetts

Everywoman's Center
888-337-0800/Amherst

New England Learning Center for Women in Transition Rape Crisis Center (N.E.L.C.W.I.T.)
413-772-0806/Greenfield (24 hr)

Rape Crisis Center of Berkshire County
413-442-6708/Pittsfield

YWCA of Northampton
413-586-6807/Northampton

YWCA of Western MA
Abuse & Rape Crisis Hotline
413-733-7100/Springfield,800-796-8711

www.ywcaofwestma.com

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Domestic Violence Resources

Central Massachusetts

Abby's House
508-756-5486/Worcester
www.abbyshouse.com

New Hope, Inc.
800-323-4673/Webster
www.new-hope.org

Women's Resources
877-342-9355/Gardner, Leominster

YWCA of Central MA - Daybreak
508-755-9030/Worcester

Eastern Massachusetts

Alternative House
978-454-1436/Lowell

A Safe Place, Inc.
508-228-2111/Nantucket

Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence
617-338-2355 (multilingual)/Boston
www.atask.org

Brockton Family and Community Resources
508-583-5200/Brockton

Domestic Violence Ended (DOVE)
617-471-1234/ Quincy
DOVE

Elizabeth Stone House
617-522-3417(bilingual)/Jamaica Plain (24 hr)
www.elizabethstonehouse.org

Fenway Community Health Center
Violence Recovery Program
617-267-0900/Boston,800-834-3242
www.fenwayhealth.org/services/violence.htm

F.I.N.E.X. House
617-288-1054/ Dorchester/(Voice & TTY)
www.geocities.com/finexhouse

Greater New Bedford Women's Center
888-839-6639/New Bedford
www.gnbwc.org

Harbor Cove
617-884-9909/Chelsea

Harbor Cove
617-884-9909/Chelsea

Help for Abused Women and Their Children (HAWC)
978-744-6841/Salem
www.helpabusedwoman.org
Independence House
508-771-6507/Hyannis
508-487-6333/Falmouth
800-439-6507/Hyannis
508-540-5733/ Provincetown
www.independencehouse.com

Mary Lawson Foreman House
800-922-2600/Dorchester

Network for Battered Lesbians
617-236-SAFE/Boston

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New Hope
800-323-4673/Attleboro, Norwood, Taunton
www.new-hope.org
Our Sister's Place
508-677-0224/Fall River

Renewal House
617-566-6881/Roxbury

Respond
617-623-5900/Somerville
www2.primushost.com/~respond

South Shore Women's Center
888-746-2664/Plymouth

Services Against Family Violence
781-324-2221/Malden

Survivor's Assistance
508-324-7654/Fall River

Transition House
617-661-7203/Cambridge
www.transitionhouse.org

Waltham Battered Women's Support Committee
617-899-8676 Waltham,800-889-4000

Women's Crisis Center
978-338-1888/Newburyport

Womansplace Crisis Center
888-293-7273/Brockton

Women's Protective Services
Rape crisis & domestic violence issues
800-593-1125/Framingham, Metro-West

Women's Resource Center
800-400-4700/Haverhill, Lawrence

Women's Support Services
508-696-7233/Martha's Vineyard

www.mvcommunitiyservices.com//wsupport.html

Western Massachusetts

ARCH
413-733-7100/Springfield,800-796-8711

Elizabeth Freeman Center
413-443-0089/Pittsfield
413-663-9709/North Adams
413-243-1119/Lee

Necessities/Necesidades
888-345-5282/Northampton (Spanish)

N.E.L.C.W.I.T.
413-772-0806/Greenfield (24 hr)
www.nelcwit.org

Springfield Domestic Violence Hotline
413-733-7100/Springfield
800-796-8711

Women's Services Center
413-663-9709/North Adams
800-593-1125/Pittsfield

Women's Shelter/Companeras
413-536-1628/Holyoke (Spanish)

YWCA of Western MA - New Beginnings
800-479-6245/Westfield

www.ywacofwestma.com

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National Hotlines

Marital Rape Information Line
217-244-1024

National Domestic Violence Hotline
English and Spanish (24 hr)
800-799-SAFE
800-787-3224 (TTY)
WWW.NDVH.ORG

National Family Violence Help Line
800-222-2000

National Victim Resource Center
800-627-6872

Rape Abuse Incest National Network (RAINN)
800-656-HOPE
www.rainn.org

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Statewide Resources

Jane Doe, Inc./Massachusetts Coalition of Battered Women Service Groups
617-248-0922/617-263-2200(TTY)
www.janedoe.org

SafeLink
Multilingual translation in more than 140 languages: crisis intervention, safety planning, support and referrals.
877-785-2020
877-521-2601 (TTY)
www.casamyrna.org

24-hour Hotline Network for Women's Safety
800-992-2600

"Llamanos" Hotline
800-223-5001(24 hr, Spanish),800-668-4889(TTY)
www.llamanos.org

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Statewide Victim Assistance Agencies

Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance
617-727-5200/Boston

Attorney General's Division of Victim Assistance
617-727-2200/Boston

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District Attorney Programs

Barnstable, Duke & Nantucket Counties:
Victim Witness Assistance Program, 1-508-362-8103

Barnstable County:
Domestic Violence Unit, 1-508-362-8103

Berkshire County:
Domestic Violence Unit, 1-413-443-3500
Victim Witness Assistance Program, 413-443-3500

Bristol County:
Domestic Violence Unit, 1-508-997-0711
Victim Witness Assistance Program, 1-508-997-0711

Essex County:
Domestic Violence Unit, 1-978-825-1310
Lawrence Domestic Violence Unit, 1-978-688-1147
Lynn Domestic Violence Unit, 1-781-599-8094
Victim Witness Assistance Program, 1-978-745-6610

Hampden County:
Domestic Violence Unit, 1-413-747-4826
Victim Witness Assistance Program, 1-413-747-1000

Middlesex County:
Domestic Violence Unit, 1-617-629-0222
Victim Witness Assistance Program, 1-617-494-4604

Norfolk County:
Dedham Domestic Violence Unit, 1-617-329-5440
Quincy Domestic Violence Unit, 1-617-472-0613
Victim Witness Assistance Program, 1-617-329-5440

Hampshire County:
Domestic Violence Unit, 1-413-586-5780
Victim Witness Assistance Program, 1-413-586-5780

Plymouth County:
Domestic Violence Unit, 1-508-584-8120
Victim Witness Assistance Program, 1-508-584-8120

Suffolk County:
Domestic Violence Unit, 1-617-725-8760
Victim Witness Assistance Program, 1-617-725-8653

Worcester County:
Domestic Violence Unit, 1-508-797-4334
Victim Witness Assistance Program, 1-508-792-7233

For information regarding batterer intervention programs, contact Massachusetts Department of Public Health at 1-617-624-5497.

Numbers may change without notice.

Compiled Summer 2005

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