Domestic Violence Resources
Domestic Violence Resources
Hotlines
- National Domestic Violence Hotline - 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
- Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence Hotline - 1-800-334-2836
- Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV) - PADV Crisis Line: 404-873-1766
- National Domestic Violence Crisis Lines - Georgia: 1-800-33-HAVEN (42836) - Outside of Georgia: 1-800-621-HOPE (4673)
- National Runaway Safeline (NRS) - 24hr Hotline: 1-800-RUNAWAY (1-800-786-2929)
- LiveSafe Resources -24-Hour Crisis Line: 770-427-3390 - Hearing impaired TTY: 425-258-7081
- Project Safe -Hotline: 706-543-3331 - Textline: 706-765-8019
- Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence Hotline - 404-688-9436
Informational Websites
- National Domestic Violence Hotline -https://www.thehotline.org/
- Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence - www.gcadv.org
- Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV) - https://padv.org/
- Criminal Justice Coordinating Council - https://cjcc.georgia.gov/
- National Runaway Safeline (NRS) - https://www.1800runaway.org/
- LiveSafe Resources - www.liveSAFEresources.org
- Georgia Commision on Family Violence (GCFV) - https://gcfv.georgia.gov/
- NO MORE - https://nomore.org/
- Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence - www.wrcdv.org
- Tapestri Refugee & Immigrant Coalition - https://www.tapestri.org/
- Travelers Aid of Metropolitan Atlanta - https://www.travelersaidatlanta.org/
- Project Safe - https://www.project-safe.org/
Counseling/Group Therapy
- Atlanta Domestic Violence Therapy - 770-513-8988 - 190 Camden Hill Rd, Suite A Lawrenceville, GA 30046
- LiveSafe Resources - www.liveSAFEresources.org - Counseling: 770-423-3595
- CDC Division of Violence Prevention - https://www.cdc.gov/intimate-partner-violence/prevention/index.html
- WRCDV - Women's Support Groups - www.wrcdv.org - 404-370-7670
Legal Services
- Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation (AVLF) - https://avlf.org/get-help/domestic-violence/ - 404-521-0790
- Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc. - www.atlantalegalaid.org - 404-524-5811
- Partnership Against Domestic Violence - Legal Advocacy for Women - www.padv.org - 404-870-9600
- WRCDV - Advanced Legal Advocacy - www.wrcdv.org - 404-370-7670
- Georgia Legal Services Program - www.glsp.org - 800-498-9469
Food Banks/Soup Kitchens/Food Pantries
- Georgia Food Bank Association - https://georgiafoodbankassociation.org/
- Atlanta Community Food Bank - 3400 N Desert Dr Atlanta, GA 30344 - 404-892-9822 - www.acfb.org
- Atlanta, Georgia Food Pantries - https://www.foodpantries.org/ci/ga-atlanta
Emergency Shelters/Safehouses
Battered Women's Shelter (The Haven)
- PO Box 5382 Valdosta, Georgia 31603-5382
- 229-244-1765 (Crisis)
- 229-241-7047 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Michelle Girtman mgirtman@valdostahaven.org
- Counties Served: Colquitt, Cook, Berrien, Atkinson, Brooks, Lowndes, Lanier, Echols, Clinch
Camden Community Crisis Center (Camden House)
- PO Box 5159 St Marys, Georgia 31558-5159
- 912-882-7858 (Crisis)
- 912-882-7858 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Marcie Montgomery director@camdenhouse.org
- Counties Served: Charlton, Camden
Carroll County Emergency Shelter
- PO Box 2192 Carrollton, Georgia 30112-7304
- 770-834-1141 (Crisis)
- 770-834-9178 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Martha Boyce carrolcountyemer@bellsouth.net
- Counties Served: Carroll, Haralson, Heard, Coweta, Meriwether
Center for Pan Asian Community Services
- 3510 Shallowford Road NE Atlanta, GA 30341
- 770-936-0969 (Fulton)
- 770-232-5200 (Gwinnett)
- Executive Director: Alnory Gutlay alnory.gutlay@cpacs.org
- Counties Served: Gwinnett, Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb
Cherokee Family Violence Center
- PO Box 489 Canton, Georgia 30169-0489
- 770-479-1703 (Crisis)
- 770-720-7050 (Spanish Crisis)
- 770-479-1804 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Meg Rogers meg@cfvc.org
- Counties Served: Cherokee
Christian League for Battered Women (Tranquility House)
- PO Box1383 Cartersville, Georgia 30120-1383
- 770-386-8779 (Crisis)
- 770-386-8093 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Teresa Millsaps director@tranquility-house.org
- Counties Served: Bartow
Circle of Love Center
- PO Box 641 Greensboro, Georgia 30642-0642
- 706-453-4017 (Crisis)
- 706-453-7135 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Kimberly Bennett kbennettcolinc@gmail.com
- Counties Served: Greene, Morgan, Putnam, Hancock, Baldwin
Clayton County Association Against Domestic Violence (Securus House)
- PO Box 870386 Morrow, Georgia 30287-0386
- 770-961-7233 (Crisis)
- 770-960-7153 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Patricia Altemus securus@bellsouth.net
- Counties Served: Clayton
Colquitt County Serenity House
- P.O. Box 14 Moultrie, GA 31776
- 229-890-7233 (Crisis)
- 229-782-5394 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Haley Clark serenityhouse@windstream.net
- Counties Served: Colquitt
Columbus Alliance for Battered Women (Hope Harbour)
- PO Box 4182 Columbus, Georgia 31914-4182
- 706-324-3850 (Crisis)
- 706-256-0237 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Lindsey Reis lreis@hopeharbour.org
- Counties Served: Muscogee, Chattahoochee, Marion, Taylor, Talbot, Harris
Crisis Line & Safe House of Central Georgia
- 915 Hill Park Suite 100-C Macon, GA 31201
- 478-745-9292 (Admin/Crisis)
- Executive Director: Dee Simms dsimms@cl-sh.org
- Counties Served: Crawford, Monroe, Bibb, Jones, Twiggs
Fight Abuse In The Home (FAITH)
- PO Box 1964 Clayton, Georgia 30525-0050
- 888-782-1338 (Crisis)
- 706-782-1003 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Caroline Wallis caroline@faith-inc.org
- Counties Served: Rabun
Family Crisis Center of Walker, Dade, Catoosa, & Chattooga Counties
- PO Box 252 Lafayette, Georgia 30728-0252
- 706-375-7630 (Crisis)
- 706-375-7180 (Admin)
- Interim Executive Director: Tracy Winget twinget@fccwdcc.org
- Counties Served: Walker, Dade, Catoosa, Chattooga
Fayette County Council on Domestic Violence (Promise Place)
- PO Box 854 Fayetteville, Georgia 30214
- 770-460-1604 (Crisis)
- 770-461-3839 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Vanessa Wilkins Vanessa.Wilkins@promiseplace.org
- Counties Served: Fayette, Spalding, Pike, Upson
Fayette County Council on Domestic Violence (Promise Place)
- PO Box 854 Fayetteville, Georgia 30214
- 770-460-1604 (Crisis)
- 770-461-3839 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Vanessa Wilkins Vanessa.Wilkins@promiseplace.org
- Counties Served: Fayette, Spalding, Pike, Upson
Forsyth County Family Haven
- PO Box 1160 Cumming, Georgia 30028
- 770-887-1121 (Crisis)
- 770-889-6384 (Admin)
- Interim Executive Director: Amy Barfield amy@familyhavenga.org
- Counties Served: Forsyth
Georgia Mountain Women's Center (Circle of Hope)
- PO Box 833 Cornelia, Georgia 30531-0833
- 706-776-4673 (Crisis)
- 706-776-3406 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Suzanne Dow sdow@gacircleofhope.org
- Counties Served: White, Habersham, Stephens
Gateway House
- PO Box 2962 Gainesville, Georgia 30503-2962
- 770-536-5860 (Crisis)
- 770-539-9080 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Jessica Butler jbutler@gatewaydvcenter.org
- Counties Served: Hall
Glynn Community Crisis Center (Amity House)
- PO Box 278 Brunswick, Georgia 31521-0278
- 912-264-4357 (Crisis)
- 912-264-1348 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Dottie Bromley gccced@gmail.com
- Counties Served: McIntosh, Glynn
Halcyon Home for Battered Women
- PO Box 1838 Thomasville, Georgia 31799-1838
- 229-226-6666 (Crisis)
- 229-226-6682 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Deborah Murray halcyon2@rose.net
- Counties Served: Seminole, Decatur, Grady, Thomas, Mitchell
Harmony House Domestic Violence Shelter
- PO Box 2925 LaGrange, Georgia 30241
- 706-885-1525 (Crisis)
- 706-882-4173 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Michele Bedingfield mlb@harmonyhousega.org
- Counties Served: Troup
Hospitality House for Women
- PO Box 5163 Rome, Georgia 30162-6163
- 706-235-4673 (Crisis)
- 706-235-4608 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Malinda Kogerman hosphse@comcast.net
- Counties Served: Floyd
International Women's House (IWH)
- PO Box 1327 Decatur, Georgia 30031-1327
- 770-413-5557 (Crisis)
- 678-476-9085 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Anna Blau iwh.anna.b@gmail.com
- Counties Served: Dekalb
Liberty House of Albany
- PO Box 2046 Albany, Georgia 31702-2046
- 229-439-7065 (Crisis)
- 229-439-7094 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Diane Rogers drogers@libertyhouseofalbany.com
- Counties Served: Stewart, Quitman, Webster, Schley, Macon, Sumter, Dooly, Crisp, Clay, Randolph, Terrell, Lee, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Baker, Miller
liveSAFE Resources
- 48 Henderson Street Marietta, Georgia 30064-3208
- 770-427-3390 (Crisis)
- 770-427-2902 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Tracey Atwater tatwater@livesaferesources.org
- Counties Served: Cobb
Northeast Georgia Council on Domestic Violence (Heart Haven)
- PO Box 814 Hartwell, Georgia 30643
- 706-376-7111 (Crisis)
- 706-377-4141 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Katherine Reusing executivedirector@negacdv.org
- Counties Served: Franklin, Elbert, Hart
NOA's Ark (No One Alone)
- PO Box 685 Dahlonega, Georgia 30533-0012
- 706-864-1986 (Crisis)
- 706-344-3853 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Cara Ledford cledford@noonealone.org
- Counties Served: Lumpkin, Dawson
North Georgia Mountain Crisis Network
- PO Box 1249 Blue Ridge, Georgia 30513-0022
- 706-632-8400 (Crisis)
- 706-632-9024 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Kim O'Neal koneal@etcmail.com
- Counties Served: Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens
Northwest Georgia Family Crisis Center
- PO Box 554 Dalton, Georgia 30722-0554
- 706-278-5586 (Crisis)
- 706-278-6595 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Katora Printup kprintup@optilink.us
- Counties Served: Whitfield, Gordon, Murray
Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV)- Fulton County
- PO Box 170225 Atlanta, Georgia 30317
- 404-873-1766 (Crisis)
- 404-870-9600 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Nancy Friauf Nancy.Friauf@padv.org
- Counties Served: Fulton
Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV)- Gwinnett County
- PO Box 170225 Atlanta, Georgia 30317
- 770-339-9160 (Crisis)
- 404-870-9600 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Nancy Friauf Nancy.Friauf@padv.org
- Counties Served: Gwinnett
Peace Place
- PO Box 948 Winder, Georgia 30680-0948
- 770-586-0927 (Crisis)
- 770-307-3633 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Traci Bledsoe tbledsoe@peaceplaceinc.org
- Counties Served: Barrow, Jackson, Banks
Polk County Women's Shelter (Our House)
- PO Box1647 Cedartown, Georgia 30125
- 770-749-9330 (Crisis)
- 770-748-2300 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Kelsei Pullin plkwomen@bellsouth.net
- Counties Served: Polk
Project ReNeWal Domestic Violence Intervention Project
- PO Box 1205 Conyers, Georgia 30012-1205
- 770-860-1666 (Crisis)
- 770-860-9770 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Vickie Stevenson VStevenson@project-renewal.com
- Counties Served: Rockdale, Newton, Walton
Project Safe
- PO Box 7532 Athens, Georgia 30604-7532
- 706-543-3331 (Crisis)
- 706-549-0922 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Joan Prittie jprittie@project-safe.org
- Counties Served: Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Madison
S.H.A.R.E. House
- PO Box 723 Douglasville, Georgia 30133-0723
- 770-489-7513 (Crisis)
- 770-949-0626 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Teresa Smith vteresasmith@bellsouth.net
- Counties Served: Douglas, Paulding
Safe Homes of Augusta
- PO Box 3187 Augusta, Georgia 30914-3187
- 706-736-2499 (Crisis)
- 706-736-2499 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Aimee Hall aimee@safehomesdv.org
- Counties Served: Wilkes, Lincoln, Taliaferro, Warren, McDuffie, Columbia, Glascock, Jefferson, Richmond, Burke
Savannah Area Family Emergency Shelter (Safe Shelter)
- PO Box 61119 Savannah, Georgia 31420-1119
- 912-629-8888 (Crisis)
- 912-629-8888 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Cheryl Branch CBranch@safeshelter.org
- Counties Served: Chatham
Support in Abusive Family Emergencies (SAFE)
- PO Box 11 Blairsville, Georgia 30514-0011
- 706-379-3000 (Crisis)
- 706-379-1901 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Molly Cousin mcousin@safeservices.org
- Counties Served: Towns, Union
The Refuge Domestic Violence Shelter
- PO Box 853 Vidalia, Georgia 30475
- 912-538-9935 (Crisis)
- 912-538-9936 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Betty Dell Williams bettydwilliams@bellsouth.net
- Counties Served: Emanuel, Treutlen, Wheeler, Montgomery, Toombs
The Salvation Army Safe House
- PO Box 2408 Warner Robins, Georgia 31099-2408
- 478-923-6294 (Crisis)
- 478-923-2348 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Jacqueline Herrera Jacqueline.Herrera@uss.salvationarmy.org
- Counties Served: Peach, Houston, Pulaski
Tifton Judicial Circuit Shelter (Ruth's Cottage)
- PO Box 2727 Tifton, Georgia 31793
- 229-388-1541 (Crisis)
- 229-387-9697 (Admin)
- 229-387-9663 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Nancy Bryan nbryan@rcpch.net
- Counties Served: Worth, Turner, Tift, Ben Hill, Irwin
TriCounty Protective Agency
- PO Box 1937 Hinesville, Georgia 31310-8937
- 912-368-9200 (Crisis)
- 912-368-8668 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Cynthia Clancy tcpapp@clds.net
- Counties Served: Tattnall, Evans, Bryan, Liberty, Long
Waycross Area Shelter for Abused Women & Children (Magnolia House)
- PO Box 1824 Waycross, Georgia 31502-1824
- 912-285-5850 (Crisis)
- 912-285-5840 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Michelle Girtman mgirtman@waycrossareashelter.com
- Counties Served: Coffee, Bacon, Ware, Pierce, Brantley
Wayne County Protective Agency (Fair Haven)
- PO Box 1153 Jesup, Georgia 31598-1153
- 912-588-9999 (Crisis)
- 912-588-0382 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Dana Mathias dmathis@fairhavenjesup.org
- Counties Served: Jeff Davis, Appling, Wayne
Women In Need of God's Shelter (WINGS)
- PO Box 8277 Dublin, Georgia 31040-8277
- 478-272-8000 (Crisis)
- 478-272-5880 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Heather Mullis wingsed@bellsouth.net
- Counties Served: Wilkinson, Johnson, Bleckley, Laurens, Dodge, Wilcox, Telfair
Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence (Women Moving On)
- PO Box 171 Decatur, Georgia 30031-0171
- 404-688-9436 (Crisis)
- 404-370-7670 (Admin)
- Executive Director: Jean Douglas jean@wrcdv.org
- Counties Served: Dekalb
Additional Resources
Caminar Latino
- Description: comprehensive domestic violence intervention program for Latino families
- 404-413-6348
- www.Caminarlatino.org
MACOSH Healing Network, Inc.
- Description: holistic, culturally specific resources and for crime victims and survivors of domestic violence in African American communities
- 404-916-3796 (Main Line)
Raksha, Inc.
- Description: confidential support services, education, and advocacy for the South Asian community
- 1-800-725-7423
- www.Raksha.org
SW GA Victims Assistance Alliance
- Description: resources, services and education for the Southwestern Judicial Circuit
- 229-331-0315 (Main Line)
- www.sowegavictims.org
WRCDV
- Description: resources
for the immediate and long-term needs of battered women and their children
- www.wrcdv.org
- 404-370-7670
Ahimsa House
- Description: shelter and aid to animals caught in the cycle of domestic violence
- 24 Hour Crisis Line: 404-452-6248
- Administrative Line: 404-496-4038
- Mailing Address: Ahimsa House, PO Box 2173, Tucker, GA 30085
- Fax: 404-671-8599
- Email: info@ahimsahouse.org
Men Stopping Violence
- Description: training and consultation services for individuals, groups and organizations, batterer intervention program, and a mentor internship program for young men
- 2785 Lawrenceville Highway, Suite 112, Decatur, Georgia 30033
- 404-270-9894
- contact@menstoppingviolence.org