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EspañolNorth Georgia Mountain Crisis Network operates a 24 hour emergency shelter, 24 hour crisis hotline, and provides a number of services including safety planning, children’s services, parenting support, case management, legal advocacy, and social services advocacy. Services are available both residents of the shelter and non-residents, services are offered in Fannin, Gilmer, and Pickens counties.
Local Programs
Updated:
August 10, 2016This page has contact information for programs that offer help/referrals to victims of abuse throughout the state. If you plan to contact a program via email, please review our Safety when using email page first.
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Fannin
North Georgia Mountain Crisis Network
P.O. Box 1249
Blue Ridge, GA 30513
Hotline:
(706) 632-8400 (24-hour Crisis Domestic Violence Hotline) or or 1-800-334-2836 (24-hour Crisis Sexual Assault Hotline)
Phone:
(706) 632-8401
Phone 2:
(706) 632-9024
Fax:
(706) 632-1007
URL:
Fayette
Promise Place- Fayetteville Office
P.O. Box 854
Fayetteville, GA 30214
Hotline:
(770) 460-1604 (24-hour Crisis Hotline)
Phone:
(770) 461-3839 (Administrative)
Fax:
(770) 460-6591
Promise Place provides a 24-hour crisis hotline, weekly support groups, legal advocacy, emergency needs assistance, transitional housing and safety planning. They provide services to Fayette, Spalding, Pike, and Upson counties.
Floyd
Hospitality House for Women
P.O. Box 5163
Rome, GA 30162
Hotline:
(706) 235-4673 (24-hour Crisis Hotline)
Phone:
(706) 235-4608 (Administrative)
Services provided by Hospitality House include, a 24-hour crisis hotline, a domestic violence shelter, financial support for transportation, and housing, relocation assistance, individual counseling, parenting and domestic violence support groups, legal advocacy and court accompaniment, social service agency referral and advocacy, childcare and follow- up services. Hospitality House for Women provides services to both English- speaking and non-English speaking families. They provide services to both residents of the shelter and outreach clients who do not live in the shelter. Services are available to domestic violence victims in Rome and Floyd County.
Forsyth
Forsyth County Family Haven
P.O. Box 1160
Cumming, GA 30028
Hotline:
(770) 887-1121 (24-hour Crisis Hotline)
Phone:
(770) 889-6384
Email:
Operates a 24-hour crisis line, confidential emergency shelter, and transitional housing program. Provides case management services, counseling and support groups, and legal advocacy. They serve Forsyth and North Fulton Counties.
Fulton
Partnership Against Domestic Violence
P.O. BOX 170255
Atlanta, GA 30317
Hotline:
24-hour Fulton County Hotline: 404-873-1766
Phone:
24-hour Gwinnett County Hotline: 770-963-9799
Phone 2:
404-870-9600
Fax:
404-870-9611
URL:
Email:
Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV) is Georgia’s largest nonprofit domestic violence organization, and provides a number of services for victims, including shelter, safety planning, and legal advocacy. PADV services are available in Fulton and Gwinnett counties. Some services are available to non-residents of the shelter.
Raksha: A Non-Profit Support Network for South Asians
P.O. Box 12337
Atlanta, GA 30355
Hotline:
(404) 842-0725 (9am to 5pm)
Phone:
(866) 725-7423 or (877) 672-5742 (Toll Free)
Phone 2:
(404) 876-0670 (Office)
Fax:
(404) 876-4525
Email:
Raksha addresses social issues within the South Asian community such as family and sexual violence and divorce, as well as issues concerning children, senior citizens and new immigrants. Raksha provides free and confidential support services such as crisis intervention, individual and family counseling, legal advocacy, support groups, and interpretation services. Raksha also runs a hotline, which is open Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm.
Shalom Bayit (Jewish Family and Career Services)
4549 Chamblee Dunwoody Road
Atlanta, GA 30338
Phone:
770.677.9300
Phone 2:
770.677.9474 for info about counseling
Shalom Bayit is a program offered through Jewish Family and Career Services that provides short and long-term assistance to those facing physical violence, or emotional or sexual abuse in their families or intimate relationships. Shalom Bayit offers support groups, individual counseling, crisis intervention, safety planning, and referrals for all people affected by abusive relationships.
Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence
P.O. Box 171
Atlanta, GA 30031
Hotline:
(404) 688-9436 (24-hour Crisis Hotline)
Phone:
(404) 370-7670
The Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence operates a safe house, a 24-hour domestic and dating violence hotline and provides legal advocacy, consultations with attorneys, domestic violence support groups, financial planning, and community education and advocacy services. Resources are available to residents and non-residents of the domestic violence safe house.
