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Statewide Domestic Violence Helpline: 1.866.834.HELP

Member Projects

ABUSED WOMEN'S ADVOCACY PROJECT (Androscoggin, Franklin & Oxford Counties)
P.O. Box 713, Auburn, ME 04212-0713
Admin.: 207-795-6744
Hotline: 1-800-559-2927 or 207- 795-4020
Send E-mail to: awap@awap.org or look on the web at: www.awap.org

BATTERED WOMEN'S PROJECT (Aroostook County)
421 Main St., Suite 2, Presque Isle, ME 04769
Admin.: 207-764-2977
Hotline: 1-800-439-2323
Send E-mail to: BatteredWomensProject@hotmail.com

CARING UNLIMITED (York County)
P.O. Box 590, Sanford, ME 04073
Admin.: 207-490-3227
Hotline: 1-800-239-7298 or 207-324-1802
Send E-mail to: caring@gwi.net or look on the web at: www.caring-unlimited.org 

FAMILY CRISIS SERVICES (Cumberland & Sagadahoc Counties)
P.O. Box 704, Portland, ME 04104
Admin.: 207-767-4952
Hotline: 1-800-537-6066; 207-874-1973

All numbers TTY accessible
Send E-mail to: familycrisis@familycrisis.org or look on the web at: www.familycrisis.org 

FAMILY VIOLENCE PROJECT (Kennebec & Somerset Counties)
P.O. Box 304, Augusta, ME 04332
Admin.: 207-623-8637
Hotline: 1-877-890-7788; 207-623-3569

Send E-mail to: fvp@familyviolenceproject.org or look on the web at: www.familyviolenceproject.org 

NEW HOPE FOR WOMEN (Knox, Lincoln & Waldo Counties)
P.O. Box A, Rockland, ME 04841-0733
Admin. & Hotline: 207-594-2128 or 1-800-522-3304
Belfast area hotline 207-338-6569
Damariscotta area hotline 207-563-2404
Send E-mail to: newhope@newhopeforwomen.org or look on the web at: www.newhopeforwomen.org

SPRUCE RUN (Penobscot County)
P.O. Box 653, Bangor, ME 04402
Admin.: 207-945-5102
Hotline: 1-800-863-9909 or 207-947-0496

TTY: 207-955-3777
Send E-mail to: sprucerun@sprucerun.net or look on the web at: www.sprucerun.net

THE NEXT STEP (Hancock & Washington Counties)
Hancock County:
P.O. Box 1465, Ellsworth, ME 04605
Admin.: 207-667-0176
Hotline: 1-800-315-5579 or 207-667-4606
Send E-mail to: nextstep@midmaine.com
Washington County:
P.O. Box 303, Machias, ME 04654
Admin: 207-255-4934
Hotline: 1-888-604-8692 or 1-207-255-4785
Send E-mail to: lfogelman@nextstepdvproject.org or look on the web at: www.nextstepdvproject.org

WOMANCARE (Piscataquis County)
P.O. Box 192, Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426
Admin & Hotline: 207-564-8165
Hotline: 1-888-564-8165
Send E-mail to: wmncare@wmncare.org or look on the web at: www.wmncare.org

All 800, 877, and 888 numbers are toll-free. Collect calls are accepted at all 207 hotline numbers.

Print (PDF) list of domestic violence projects.

 

Culturally Specific Organizations Providing Domestic Violence Services:

Aroostook Band of Micmacs Family Violence Prevention Services
Admin: 207-764-2977
Hotline (Battered Women's Project): 1-800-439-2323

Maliseet domestic Violence & sexual assault Program
Admin & Hotline: 207-532-6401
Cell phone: 207-694-1353

Passamaquoddy Peaceful Relations Domestic Violence Program
Hotline: 1-877-853-2613

Admin:  207-853-2600

Penobscot Nation
Hotline (Spruce Run): 1-800-863-9909, 207-947-0496

sudanese development institute of Maine
Admin & Hotline:  207-879-2281

tengo voz
Admin & Hotline:  207-553-2252

united somali women of maine
Admin & Hotline: 207-753-0061

 

National Domestic Violence Hotline:

national Domestic Violence Hotline
Phone: 1-800-799-7233
TTY: 1-800-787-3224

 

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170 Park Street, Bangor, ME 04401 Phone: 207-941-1194 Fax: 207-941-2327 Email: info@mcedv.org

Statewide Domestic Violence Helpline: 1-866-83-4HELP

This project was supported in part by Grant No.2001 DW-BX-0083 awarded by the Violence Against Women Grants Office, of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Points of view in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Statewide Domestic Violence Helpline: 1-866-83-4HELP
HEARING IMPAIRED: Use Maine Telecommunications Relay Service, 1-800-437-1220.
For Advocate assistance reference the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence statewide hotline number 1-866-834-4357.

Statewide Domestic Violence Helpline: 1-866-83-4HELP

This project was supported in part by Grant No.2001 DW-BX-0083 awarded by the Violence Against Women Grants Office, of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Points of view in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

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