Abuse & Domestic Violence Quick Help Hotlines

Adult Protective Services
Adult Protective Services (APS) for NYC is a state-mandated program that is available to persons 18 years of age and older without regard to income who:

1. Are mentally and/or physically impaired; and
2. Due to these impairments are unable to manage their own resources, carry out the activities of daily living, or protect themselves from abuse, neglect, exploitation or other hazardous situations without assistance from others; and
3. Have no one available, willing, and able to assist them responsibly.

Child Abuse Prevention
Learn to identify and prevent child abuse.  We are all entitled to have peace of mind.  Beginning life with peace of mind can help us cope later in life.  Be someone's hero and give a child a chance to grow, feel secure and enjoy life.  If saving a child means changing your life or the life of someone you know, consider the alternative.  The alternative of pleading ignorance or feeling disempowered can be devastating.  Learn how you can prevent child abuse and help the welfare of a child, family member, friend or spouse: click: prevention.
Special thanks to Child Welfare.

Domestic Violence Hotline:
1 (800) 621-HOPE (4673)

National Domestic Violence Hotline 24/7 Hotline
1-800-799-7233
1-800-787-3224 (TTY)
Learn About Abuse/Domestic Violence
National Domestic Violence Education, Information, Help - Includes Teen Dating Abuse

The National Domestic Hotline provides information and counseling in English and Spanish.
For Spanish Click:  Espanol


Rape & Sexual Assault Hotline 24/7
1 (212) 227-3000

Domestic and Dating Violence 24/7 Hotline for Nassau County
(516) 542-0404

Sexual Assault

Sexual Assault and Rape Services 24/7 Hotline for Nassau County
(516) 222-2293

Suffolk County Coalition Against Domestic Violence 24/7 Hotline
(631) 666-8833

Legal Questions and/or Referrals: FOCUS
Queens - 718-596-1017
Nassau - 516-433-6633

New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
79 Central Avenue
Albany, NY 12206
TOLL-FREE: 800-942-6906
TOLL-FREE (Spanish): 800-942-6908
http://www.nyscadv.org

New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women
2620 Whitehorse Hamilton Square Road
Trenton, NJ 08690
TOLL-FREE: for Battered Lesbians: 800-224-0211 (in NJ only)
In-State Toll Free: 800-572-7233
Phone: 609-584-8107
http://www.nhcadsv.org

New York Asian Women's Center* Updated 5/04
39 Bowery PMB 375
New York, NY 10002
1-888-888-7702 (hotline)
E-mail: contact@nyawc.org 
Web: http://www.nyawc.org
Works with women and children whose lives are affected by domestic violence, enabling them to live safely and independently.  Provides emergency food, household goods/clothing, and transportation (for shelter residents only).  Assists in filling out forms to obtain crime victim compensation and public assistance; mental health care (counseling and support groups); and adolescent/youth support for domestic violence and sexual assault. (Languages: Chinese, Gujarati, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Punjabi, Urdu and Vietnamese)

Committee for Domestic Harmony, Islamic Center of Long Island
835 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury NY 11590
516-942-2081/942-6133
Services include information, referral, general assistance, support groups and legal consultation for Muslim women.  If you are in immediate danger, you will be referred to the Nassau County Hotline.  If you are in immediate danger, please get yourself out of harms way, into a safe location,  and then call the hotline.  If you are in a domestic violence situation, you will be asked to leave your name and number for a counselor to return a call back to you.  Clearly, it is necessary that you have a telephone line that is secure and free from access from the offender aka person threatening or causing harm.

The National Domestic Hotline provides information and counseling in English and Spanish.
For Spanish Click:  Espanol

Counseling services in native languages are available through the above internet connections.  If you wish to speak to your EAP in your native language please contact us to arrange the service.