● Promoting Quality Child Care
Are you safe?
FAMILY Domestic
Violence Services
(call any of the numbers below)
(845) 338-2370
(845) 679-2485
(845) 255-8801
(845) 647-2443
Domestic Violence Court Advocate ● (845) 340-3617
If you have been assaulted, call 911. It is important for your safety and to help stop any assault in the future. Charging your abuser is a necessary step in reducing physical violence.
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Tell someone, and keep a record of all incidents for evidence.
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Write down the details for yourself as soon as possible after the assault. Keep your notes in a safe place where your abuser won't find them.
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Develop a safety plan. Memorize emergency numbers. Keep spare house and car keys handy. Know where you can stay in an emergency.
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Consider ending the relationship as soon as possible. Without intervention, the violence will increase in frequency and severity as time passes.
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Recognize that no one has the right to control you and that it is everyone's human right to live without fear.
Help for men who are abusive is available through FAMILY’s Evolve program.
Please remember that once a violent act takes place in a relationship, without intervention the violence almost always recurs. In fact, it tends to become more severe and more frequent.
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FAMILY’s Services to
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Signs of Abuse
Tips for
helping if you think someone is being abused
Developing a Safety Plan
Signs
of Abuse in Lesbian and Gay Relationships
Homosexual Battering Versus Straight Battering
Gay/Lesbian/Transdomestic Violence Resource & Information Safety Plan
Information about Teen Dating Violence
Other Useful
Resources
National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center:
Other Counties and Contact Points for Domestic Violence Services
● FAMILY Shelter ● Non-residential Counseling Services ● Evolve
● Ending Domestic Violence Homepage
● Is there violence in your family?
● What do you know about domestic violence?
● You can help end domestic violence
Featured Story
Gertrude never planned to call FAMILY. In November of 1998 she was a mother in New Paltz working two jobs. She was in college. Her relationship with her youngest child’s father had recently turned ugly...
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