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Links

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.
  • End Abuse Wisconsin

    Promotes social change, practices, and policies to end domestic abuse.
  • Ihollaback.org

    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.
  • Love is Respect

    Provides support and advocacy to young people who have concerns about their relationships. 24-hour free, confidential phone calls, live chats, and texting.
  • Men As Peacemakers

    Their mission is “to engage individuals and communities in innovative strategies that promote equality, repair harm, and prevent violence against women and children.”
  • Mentor Superior

    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.
  • No More.org

    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.
  • Rm2BSafe

    Support for survivors and victims within the LGBTQ community.
  • Rm2BSafe – Youth

    Educating youth about LGBTQ issues and relationships.
  • Safe Haven

    Serving battered women and their families in Duluth and Northern Minnesota. Provides 24-hour crisis line.
  • Single Parent Advocate

    Empowering single parents with support and networking to better lives.
  • Stalking Resource Center

    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.
  • That's Not Cool .com

    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.
  • Mentor Superior

    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.
  • Rm2BSafe – Youth

    Educating youth about LGBTQ issues and relationships.
  • Safe Haven

    Serving battered women and their families in Duluth and Northern Minnesota. Provides 24-hour crisis line.
  • Single Parent Advocate

    Empowering single parents with support and networking to better lives.
  • That's Not Cool .com

    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.
  • Crisis Text Line

    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.
  • Human Development Center

    Mental health counseling and 24-hour crisis line.
  • Love is Respect

    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.
  • Safe Haven

    Serving battered women and their families in Duluth and Northern Minnesota. Provides 24-hour crisis line.
  • That's Not Cool .com

    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.
  • That's Not Cool.com

    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.
  • Safe Haven

    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.
  • Financial Abuse Information

    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.
  • Superior Police Department

    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.
  • New Day Shelter – Ashland, WI

    Organization that provides emergency housing, food, crisis intervention, and support to victims of domestic and sexual abuse.
  • Safe Haven

    Serving battered women and their families in Duluth and Northern Minnesota. Provides 24-hour crisis line.

Mental Health

  • Call to Mind Now.org

    General mental health resources and information on common mental health conditions.
  • Fast-Tracker Minnesota

    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.
  • NAMI - Wisconsin

    National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization providing advocacy, education, support, and public awareness.
  • The Trevor Project.org

    LGBTQ+ mental health organization that provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services for young people under 25.
  • Therapy for Black Girls.com

    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.
  • Therapy for Black Girls.com

    Virtual therapy website for black women and girls.

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