DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

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Scroll down information and resources to help you build a safe future for yourself and your children.  To learn more about the Women’s Law Project’s advocacy relating to domestic violence, go here.

Plan for a Safe Future

• Safety Planning Tips
• Address Confidentiality
• Getting a New Social Security Number
• Identity Change

Tech Safety

Computer use leaves a trail and can be monitored.  If this worries you, please use a safer computer (at a library or other place outside of your home). Even cell phones can be tracked. For tips on using technology safely, check out these links:

• Women’s Law Project Computer and Technology Safety Tips
• PA Coalition Against Domestic Violence Information on Tech Safety
• Stalking Resource Center

Find a Domestic Violence Hotline

• National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
• Local Hotlines by County in Pennsylvania
• Philadelphia Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-866-SAFE-014
• Women’s Center and Shelter of Pittsburgh: 24-Hour Hotline: 412-687-8005 or free at 1-877-338-8255

Help with Teen Dating Violence

• Love is Respect or call 1.866.9474 or text LOVEIS to 22522
• The Red Flag Campaign

Getting a Protection Order

Help Anywhere in the U.S. with Orders of Protection

All states have a way to get a court order for protection.  Every state uses a different name.  What can be included in this order is also different from state to state.

• Womens Law (English)
• Womens Law (Español)

Help with Protection Orders in PA

• Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network
• PA Law Help
• To find a private lawyer, check with your county’s Bar Association. 

Help with Protection Orders in Philadelphia

• Basic Information about Protection Orders
• Emergency Protection Orders are available when Family Court is closed.
• Domestic Sexual Violence Leave Poster. Philadelphia law says employers must give time off to get help with domestic violence.
• Philadelphia Family Court forms
• Philadelphia Legal Assistance
• Women Against Abuse Legal Center 

Help with Protection Orders in Allegheny County

• Allegheny County Family Court Forms Related to Protection from Abuse
• Neighborhood Legal Services Association
• Women’s Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh
• Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office

Child Custody: Keeping You and Your Children Safe

• Deciding Child Custody When There is Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence, Welfare, and Child Support

• Domestic Violence and Welfare Support Requirement

Housing and Domestic Violence

Housing and Discrimination Based on Domestic Violence

Philadelphia: Housing Rights for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence

Immigration and Domestic Violence

• Domestic Violence and Immigration
• Applying for Immigration Benefits as a Battered Spouse or Child
• U.S. Government Fact Sheet on Immigration and Domestic Violence
• HIAS
• Nationalities Service Center
• Women Against Abuse Legal Center
• Philadelphia Legal Assistance
• Congreso

Insurance Discrimination

• Insurance Discrimination Against Victims of Domestic Violence

More Help

Anywhere in the U.S.

• National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
• National Network to End Domestic Violence
• National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
• Stalking Resource Center

Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence
• Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network
• PA Law Help 

Philadelphia

• Congreso: Strengthening Latino Communities
• Lutheran Settlement House Bilingual Domestic Violence Program
• Women Against Abuse
• Women in Transition

Allegheny County

• Women’s Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh
• The Center for Victims of Violence and Crime
• Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office

Are You Being Accused of Harming Your Abuser? 

Visit  National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women

Help if You Think You Might Be Abusive

Philadelphia resources:

• Courdea (formerly known as Menergy)
• Men’s Resource Center