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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Resources In Iowa
- Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence
www.icadv.org
- Iowa 24-hour Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-742-0333
- Iowa Crime Victim Compensation Program - Iowa Attorney General
www.state.ia.us/government/ag/comp.html
- Information on Pro Se Restraining Orders and Forms in Iowa
www.judicial.state.ia.us/families/domviol/domabuse.asp#forms
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Iowa Domestic Violence Programs
| Adel |
800/400-4095 |
| Algona |
515/295-7198 |
| Ames |
800/203-3488 |
| Atlantic |
800/696-5123 |
| Burlington |
319/752-4475 |
| Carroll |
800/383-9744 |
| Cedar Rapids |
800/208-0388 |
| Cherokee |
800/225-7233 |
| Clinton |
319/243-7867 |
| Council Bluffs |
712/328-0266 |
| Creston |
888/782-6632 |
| Davenport |
319/326-9191 |
| Decorah |
800/383-2988 |
| Des Moines |
800/942-0333 |
| Dubuque |
563/556-3371 |
| Fort Dodge |
515/573-8000 |
| Grundy Center |
800/666-7458 |
| Iowa City |
800/373-1043 |
| Jefferson |
515/386-5206 |
| Keokuk |
319/524-4445 |
| Knoxville |
800/433-7233 |
| Marshalltown |
800/779-3512 |
| Mason City |
800/479-9071 |
| Muscatine |
319/263-8080 |
| Oskaloosa |
515/673-5499 |
| Ottumwa |
800/464-8340 |
| Sioux Center |
800/382-5603 |
| Sioux City |
800/982-7233 |
| Spirit Lake |
712/362-4612 |
| Waterloo |
319/233-8484 |
| Waverly |
319/352-0037 |
National Organizations
Teen Dating Web Site Links
Recommended Books
Why Does He Do That?, Lundy Bancroft (Putnam)
Victim No More, Jean Carlton (Stonehorse Press)
Getting Free, Ginny NiCarthy (Seal Press)
You Can Be Free, Ginny NiCarthy & Sue Davidson (Seal Press)
Women and Male Violence, Susan Schechter (South End Press)
When Love Goes Wrong, Ann Jones & Susan Schechter (Harper Collins Publishers)
Reach for the Rainbow, Lynne D. Finney, J.D., M.S.W. (Putnam Publishing Group)
The Verbally Abusive Relationship, Patricia Evans (Bob Adams Inc.)
To Be an Anchor in the Storm - A Guide for Families & Friends of Abused Women, Susan Brewster, M.S.S.W. (Ballantine Books)
For Teens
Dating Violence: Young Women in Danger. Ed. Barrie Levy. Seattle: Seal Press, 1998
When "I Love You" Turns Violent: Emotional and Physical Abuse in Dating Relationships. Johnson, Scott A. New Jersey: New Horizon Press, 1997
In Love and In Danger: A Teen's Guide to Breaking Free of Abusive Relationships. Levy, Barrie. Seattle. Seal Press, 1998
For Parents
Dating Violence: Young Women in Danger. Ed. Barrie Levy. Seattle: Seal Process, 1998.
What Parents Need to Know About Dating Violence. Levy, Barrie and Patricia Occhiuzzo Giggans. Seattle: Seal Press, 1995.
Other Agencies in Eastern Iowa That Can Help
Dial 211, a 24-hour number provided by United Way of East Central Iowa for information and referrals to health and human service information in Linn and surrounding Iowa counties.
SEXUAL ASSAULT
Resources In Iowa
National Organizations
- Rape Abuse Incest National Network
1-800-656-HOPE
To be connected to a rape crisis center near you.
- Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence
www.faithtrustinstitute.org
- Violence Against Women Office
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawa
- The Broken Spirits Network
www.brokenspirits.com
This web site sponsors a discussion forum for survivors, as well as information.
- Escaping Hades
www.escapinghhades.com
This site sponsors web discussion, a live chat room, and the ability to read and share personal stories, poetry and artwork related to sexual abuse / assault.
- From Surviving to Thriving
www.survivingtothriving.com
This site offers links with the Escaping Hades site-for communal web chats and forums. Also information and personal stories.
- www.survive.org.uk
This is a very comprehensive site, offering all the above- mentioned services, as well as email crisis line which is answered by volunteers and the site creator.
- www.yahoo.com
Even more popular web communities, like yahoo or AOL can offer survivor chat rooms. Yahoo offers one for depression, but AOL, in their member chats, offers a space for survivors of sexual abuse and assault.
- www.giftfromwithin.org
- Men Stopping Violence
http://www.menstoppingviolence.org
A social change organization dedicated to ending men's violence against women.
- Men's Rape Prevention Project
http://www.mrpp.org
Awareness to action education and community organizing.
Recommended Books
Courage to Heal, Ellen Bass & Laura Davis (Harper Collins Publishers)
Trauma and Recovery, Judith Herman MD
Herman (psychiatry, Harvard Medical school) draws on her own research on domestic violence, as well as on a vast literature combat veterans and victims of political terror, to show the parallels between private terrors like rape and public traumas as terrorism.
Against Our Will, Susan Brownmeller
Recovering from Rape, Linda Ledray
A comprehensive handbook for rape survivors and concerned family members, friends, and lovers presents an updated format covering health issues, incest, legal information, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, treatment for sex offenders, and more.
The Survivor's Guide, Sherice A. Lee
The Sexual Healing Journey (A Guide for Survivor's of Sexual Abuse), Wendy Maltz
No Right Way: The Voices of Mothers of Incest Survivors, Tracy Orr
I Never Called It Rape, Robin Warshaw
Drawing on survey results and first- person accounts, a journalist explores the issue of date rape, explaining what it is, why it happens, and it's devastating impact on victims, in a guide that includes helpful resources and counseling and support programs.
Other Agencies in Eastern Iowa That Can Help
Planned Parenthood
(319) 363-8572
www.plannedparenthood.org
Young Parents Network
(319) 364-8909
United Way of East Central Iowa
Dial 211, a 24-hour number provided by United Way of East Central Iowa for information and referrals to health and human service information in Linn and surrounding Iowa counties.
HOMELESS
Other Community Resources:
- Community Circle of Care, Inc.
P.O. Box 1305 Cedar Rapids, IA 32406
319-573-3673
Website:www.cedarrivershelters.org
- Catherine McCauley Center for Women
866 4th Av SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403
(319) 363-4993
- Willis Dady Emergency Shelter
1247 4 Av SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403
(319) 362-7555,
Email: fwebb@plutonium.net
- Catholic Worker House
1027 5th Av SE, P.O. Box 2321, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403
(319) 362-9041
- Foundation II Crisis Center
1540 2nd Av SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403
(319) 362-2174,
Website: www.f2online.org
- ABBE Center for Mental Health
520 11th St NW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52405
(319) 398-3562
- Cedar Rapids Public Schools
Joan Minney, Liaison for Homeless Families, Polk School
(319)398-2475
Recommended Books:
- Changing Places: A Kid's View of Shelter Living, Glen Finland & Judy Wallace (Gryphon House Inc.)
- Let's Talk About Staying in a Shelter, Elizabeth Weitzman (The Rosen Publishing
Group, Inc.)
- Shelter Folks, Virginia Kroll (Wm. B. Eerdman's Publishing Co.)
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