Victim / Survivor Support

The Anti-Defamation League assists victims of discrimination or bias-motivated violence to achieve redress of justifiable grievances through mediation, administration, or judicial means. It also works with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to provide information and training to deal appropriately and respectfully with victims of bias crimes.

Abused Deaf Women’s Advocacy Services (ADWAS) provides advocacy and support to deaf, deaf-blind, and hard-of-hearing persons who are or were victims of domestic violence and/or sexual assault. ADWAS also provides preventive services such as a Positive Deaf Parenting Program, a Children’s Program, and community education. The organization currently has a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to offer training in cities in the United States to help set up local organizations similar to ADWAS.

Dedicated to a safe world, Male Survivor is an organization of diverse individuals committed to the prevention, treatment and elimination of all forms of sexual victimization of boys and men through research, education, advocacy, and activism. This is accomplished through public education, advocating treatment for victims and perpetrators, and offering voice and experience to those developing prevention programs.

Gift from Within is a non-profit organization dedicated to those who suffer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), those at risk for PTSD, and those who care for traumatized individuals; develops and disseminates educational material, including videotapes, articles, books, and other resources through its website; and, maintains a roster of survivors who are willing to participate in an international network of peer support.

The Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST) is an alliance of nonprofit service providers, grassroots advocacy groups and activists dedicated to providing human services and human rights advocacy to victims of modern-day slavery. CAST was founded in 1998 in the aftermath of the El Monte sweatshop case. Its mission is to assist persons trafficked for the purpose of forced labor and slavery-like practices and to work toward ending all instances of such human rights violations.

The Childhelp USA ® National Child Abuse Hotline is anonymous, toll-free, and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Counselors are paid professionals. Childhelp USA offers crisis intervention, information, literature, and referrals to the 55,000 agencies in their database and has the capacity to handle calls in 140 languages.

A project of the National Crime Victim Law Institute, the Center for Law and Public Policy on Sexual Violence (CLPPS) analyzes and litigates sexual violence issues from a national perspective. CLPPS focuses solely on sexual violence issues; the goal of the project is to transform how the civil and criminal justice systems respond to survivors of sexual violence.

The YWCA of the U.S.A. is a national women’s organization with 309 local affiliates. Local YWCA’s offer a variety of services including services for victims of domestic violence and rape, emergency and long term housing, child care and youth development programs, employment training, women’s health programs, resource and referral services and advocacy. Its mission: the empowerment of women and girls and the elimination of racism.

STAMP, Survivors Take Action Against Abuse by Military Personnel is a grassroots organization dedicated to seeking the highest level of honor and integrity of, by and from our military and government. Its members are men, women and children, active duty military from all branches, veterans, parents of murdered military and civilians globally who have had their personal boundaries violated. STAMP is an advocacy group that assists those in trouble by sharing information on how to nonviolently find legal and legitimate ways to seek relief.