Below is a collection of links that may be helpful and informative to our visitors.
Education and Support
Break the Cycle – Dating Violence
Offers dating abuse programs to young people ages 12-24, and supports young people in building healthy relationships without abuse.By Your Side: Sexual assault kit information for Wisconsin survivors of sexual violence
The Wisconsin Sexual Assault Kit Initiative and its partners are dedicated to providing survivors with the information, answers, and options they need, while always respecting the rights of the survivors.Domestic Abuse Intervention Program (DAIP) – Duluth, MN
Gives a voice to battered women, educates to promote liberation, and advocates for social change with non-violence and peace.Domestic and Sexual Violence Facts & Stats from "Futures Without Violence"
Empowers individuals and organizations working to end domestic violence against women and children.- Promotes social change, practices, and policies to end domestic abuse.
- A global, people-powered movement to end harassment. Our mission is to build safe, inclusive public spaces by transforming the culture that perpetuates discrimination and violence.
Know Your Title IX: Empowering Students to Stop Sexual Violence
A survivor- and youth-led organization that aims to empower students to end sexual and dating violence in their schools.- Provides support and advocacy to young people who have concerns about their relationships. 24-hour free, confidential phone calls, live chats, and texting.
- Their mission is “to engage individuals and communities in innovative strategies that promote equality, repair harm, and prevent violence against women and children.”
- Provides mentorship, guidance, and resources to children ages 5-18.
National Center for Victims of Crime
Offers education, training, and evaluation while advocating for rights, protection, and services to victims of crime.National Child Abuse Prevention Month
Highlights the importance of working together to prevent child abuse and neglect, as well as promotes the social and emotional well-being of children and families.National Children's Advocacy Center
NCAC Mission statement: Models, promotes and delivers excellence in child abuse response and prevention through service, education and leadership.National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Brings awareness to domestic violence by providing programs and education that strive for change.National Indigenous Women's Resource Center
Supports culturally grounded, grassroots advocacy, and provides national leadership to ending gender-basses violence in Indigenous communities.National Sexual Violence Resource Center
NSVRC’s Mission: To provide leadership in preventing and responding to sexual violence through collaboration, sharing and creating resources, and promoting research.- To end domestic violence and sexual assault, we all need to be part of the solution. NO MORE unites and strengthens a diverse, global community to help end domestic violence, sexual assault and abuse.
Office of Women's Health: Sexual Assault Information
Health information for women and girls.Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault (PAVSA) – Duluth, MN
Supports victims of sexual violence, educates community and advocates for change. Includes free and accessible services that are victim-centered and victim-driven.RAINN – Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network
Nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization. Provides programs to prevent sexual violence, help victims, and ensure justice. 24-hour national sexual assault hotline.- Support for survivors and victims within the LGBTQ community.
- Educating youth about LGBTQ issues and relationships.
- Serving battered women and their families in Duluth and Northern Minnesota. Provides 24-hour crisis line.
- Empowering single parents with support and networking to better lives.
- Enhances the ability of professionals, organizations, and systems to effectively respond to stalking.
Start Your Recovery (Substance Abuse Resources)
This site offers people who are dealing with substance use issues a single, user-friendly source of reputable, objective information about signs, symptoms, conditions, treatment options, and resources.- An award-winning national public education initiative that partners with young people to help raise awareness and bring educational and organizing tools to communities to address dating violence, unhealthy relationships, and digital abuse.
Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Offers support, advocacy, and information to victims of sexual assault and their families.Wisconsin Domestic Violence Programs
Wisconsin based resources for domestic abuse support.
Family and Youth
Break the Cycle – Dating Violence
Offers dating abuse programs to young people ages 12-24, and supports young people in building healthy relationships without abuse.Douglas County (WI) Health and Human Services Department
Douglas County Youth and Family Services (including Child Protective Services), Adult Protective Services, Aging & Disabilities Resource Center, and more!First Witness: Child Advocacy Center – Duluth, MN
A safe place for victims of child abuse to share their stories. Provides crisis counseling for children and their families and education on personal body safety for children.Know Your Title IX: Empowering Students to Stop Sexual Violence
A survivor- and youth-led organization that aims to empower students to end sexual and dating violence in their schools.- Provides mentorship, guidance, and resources to children ages 5-18.
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
Highlights the importance of working together to prevent child abuse and neglect, as well as promotes the social and emotional well-being of children and families.National Children's Advocacy Center
NCAC Mission statement: Models, promotes and delivers excellence in child abuse response and prevention through service, education and leadership.- Educating youth about LGBTQ issues and relationships.
- Serving battered women and their families in Duluth and Northern Minnesota. Provides 24-hour crisis line.
- Empowering single parents with support and networking to better lives.
- An award-winning national public education initiative that partners with young people to help raise awareness and bring educational and organizing tools to communities to address dating violence, unhealthy relationships, and digital abuse.
Hotlines and Help
Callisto (Sexual Assault Reporting System)
Callisto is an online sexual assault reporting system designed to create a more empowering reporting experience for survivors, provide authorities with better evidence and data on sexual assault, and facilitate the identification of repeat perpetrators.- Text HOME to 741741 from anywhere in the United States, anytime, about any type of crisis. A live, trained Crisis Counselor receives the text and responds, all from a secure online platform.
Day One – Emergency Shelter and Crisis Line (MN)
Statewide (MN) crisis hotline that connects callers to the nearest services and agencies.- Mental health counseling and 24-hour crisis line.
- Provides support and advocacy to young people who have concerns about their relationships. 24-hour free, confidential phone calls, live chats, and texting.
National Domestic Violence Hotline
24-hour hotline that provides lifesaving tools and immediate support to victims of abuse.Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault (PAVSA) – Duluth, MN
Supports victims of sexual violence, educates community and advocates for change. Includes free and accessible services that are victim-centered and victim-driven.RAINN – Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network
Nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization. Provides programs to prevent sexual violence, help victims, and ensure justice. 24-hour national sexual assault hotline.- Serving battered women and their families in Duluth and Northern Minnesota. Provides 24-hour crisis line.
- An award-winning national public education initiative that partners with young people to help raise awareness and bring educational and organizing tools to communities to address dating violence, unhealthy relationships, and digital abuse.
- Anonymous and confidential 24/7 relationship call and chat help line.
United Way – 2-1-1- Hotline with Resources
Resources to empower individuals and strengthen communities. Provides 24-hour phone assistance.
Local Community Resources
American Indian Community Housing Organization (AICHO) – Duluth, MN
Provides a domestic violence shelter, transitional housing, scattered-site supportive housing, on-site supportive housing, advocacy, and cultural activities to all persons in need.City of Superior (WI) — Home of CASDA's main office
Provides information on the city of Superior.Dabinoo'Igan – Domestic Violence Shelter – Duluth, MN
An AICHO-run emergency domestic violence shelter for women and children.Douglas County (WI) Health and Human Services Department
Douglas County Youth and Family Services (including Child Protective Services), Adult Protective Services, Aging & Disabilities Resource Center, and more!First Witness: Child Advocacy Center – Duluth, MN
A safe place for victims of child abuse to share their stories. Provides crisis counseling for children and their families and education on personal body safety for children.Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault (PAVSA) – Duluth, MN
Supports victims of sexual violence, educates community and advocates for change. Includes free and accessible services that are victim-centered and victim-driven.- Serving battered women and their families in Duluth and Northern Minnesota. Provides 24-hour crisis line.
Wisconsin Domestic Violence Programs
Wisconsin based resources for domestic abuse support.
Personal Finance
Click to Empower – Financial Resources
Allstate Foundation financial resources for victims of domestic abuse.- Offers information to those seeking assistance with financial abuse.
Nationwide Database of Resources for Single Moms
Listed here are financial assistance programs that help single moms with: utility bills, cash assistance, child care, college, medical bills and medications, eviction and foreclosure prevention, and rental and home-buying assistance.
Seeking Justice
Battered Women's Justice Project
Provides assistance to intimate partner violence victims charged with crimes.CourtSystem.Org National Database
CourtSystem.org lists thousands of US courts, jails, prisons, police departments, sheriffs, and district attorneys with easy to access contact information including addresses, hours, phone numbers, and services provided by each office.Douglas County (WI) Sheriff's Department
Their mission is “to provide quality law enforcement services to our citizens and visitors in the most professional, open, and ethical manner possible.”Office on Violence Against Women
Ensures public safety, provides federal leadership in preventing crime, and seeks justice.- Provides protection, justice, and professional services to the community.
Shelter and Housing
American Indian Community Housing Organization (AICHO) – Duluth, MN
Provides a domestic violence shelter, transitional housing, scattered-site supportive housing, on-site supportive housing, advocacy, and cultural activities to all persons in need.Dabinoo'Igan – Domestic Violence Shelter – Duluth, MN
An AICHO-run emergency domestic violence shelter for women and children.Day One – Emergency Shelter and Crisis Line (MN)
Statewide (MN) crisis hotline that connects callers to the nearest services and agencies.- Organization that provides emergency housing, food, crisis intervention, and support to victims of domestic and sexual abuse.
- Serving battered women and their families in Duluth and Northern Minnesota. Provides 24-hour crisis line.
Mental Health
- General mental health resources and information on common mental health conditions.
- Real-time virtual community and health care connection resource.
Mental Health America - Racial Trauma
Information on racial trauma: what it is, where it comes from, prevention techniques, and help resources for those who experience racial trauma.Mental Health America of Wisconsin - Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
Website of mental health and racial trauma resources for people of the black, indigenous, and other people of color communities.MESF Directory of Black Psychotherapists
Mary Ellen Strong Foundation (MESF) is a foundation that promotes mental health in underserved communities; they provide a directory of black psychotherapists in Minnesota and Wisconsin.- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization providing advocacy, education, support, and public awareness.
- LGBTQ+ mental health organization that provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services for young people under 25.
- Virtual therapy website for black women and girls.
Racial Trauma
After a Crisis: How Young Children Heal
A guide for parents to know how young children heal after a crisis and techniques to help children cope.Coping With Grief After Community Violence
Downloadable PDF of resources and tips for those who have experienced community trauma and grief.Helping Children Cope With Frightening News
Parental guide for when children experience grief or receive frightening news.Helping Children Regain Their Emotional Safety After a Tragedy
Recommendations and advice for parents whose children have experienced a trauma in their lives or in the community they live in.Mental Health America - Racial Trauma
Information on racial trauma: what it is, where it comes from, prevention techniques, and help resources for those who experience racial trauma.Mental Health America of Wisconsin - Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
Website of mental health and racial trauma resources for people of the black, indigenous, and other people of color communities.MESF Directory of Black Psychotherapists
Mary Ellen Strong Foundation (MESF) is a foundation that promotes mental health in underserved communities; they provide a directory of black psychotherapists in Minnesota and Wisconsin.Restoring Well-being in Children After Disaster
A guide for parents to help children recover from trauma.SAMHSA - Understanding Child Trauma
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides resources and guides for parents whose children have experienced a trauma.- Virtual therapy website for black women and girls.