Resources & Self-Care
National Sexual Assault Legal Hotline
If you or someone you know is a survivor, our National Sexual Assault Legal Hotline is a free, trauma-informed resource to learn about your legal options.
National Organizations
1in6
The mission of 1in6 is to help men who have had unwanted or abusive sexual experiences live healthier, happier lives. Our mission also includes serving family members, friends, partners, and service providers by providing information and support resources on the web and in the community.
AEquitas: Champions for Justice
Improve the quality of justice in the issues of sexual violence, intimate partner violence, stalking, and human trafficking cases by addressing prosecution practices specifically victim safety and offender accountability.
American Bar Association: The Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence
Their mission is to increase access to justice for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking by mobilizing the legal profession.
Association For The Treatment Of Sexual Abusers
Promotes sound research, effective evidence-based practice, informed public policy, and collaborative community strategies that lead to the effective assessment, treatment, and management of individuals who have sexually abused or are at risk to abuse.
Break the Cycle
Inspires and supports young people 12 – 24 to build healthy relationships and create a culture without abuse. We are a culturally affirming organization that centers young people, caring adults, and communities in our prevention and intervention efforts. Our dynamic and diverse team believes that all young people deserve to live in a world where they can thrive.
Campus Outreach Services I Safety & Wellness Programs
Since 1994, they have partnered with 5000+ institutions on safety and wellness issues. Provides pin-drop programs, risk management solutions, superlative curricula, and high-engagement parent and professional development education on today’s top wellness and safety issues.
Canadian Resource Center for Victims of Crime
Since 1993, the Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime (CRCVC) has provided support, research and education to survivors of serious crime and stakeholders in Canada. We are located in Ottawa, Ontario and bilingual services are available. All services are free of charge and confidential.
Childhelp Speak Up Be Safe
Helps children and teens learn the skills to prevent or interrupt cycles of neglect, bullying, and child abuse—physical, emotional, and sexual.
Childhelp USA
We focus our efforts on prevention, intervention, treatment, and community outreach. Childhelp programs and services help children from any situation and let them experience the life they deserve: one filled with love. The principle theme across all of our programs is to provide children we serve with an environment of compassion and kindness.
Clery Center
A national nonprofit dedicated to helping college and university officials meet the standards of the Jeanne Clery Act. By equipping professionals with the training and resources they need to understand compliance requirements, we strive to make campus safety a universal reality.
Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Human Trafficking (Cast LA)
A Los Angeles–based nonprofit organization that is working to put an end to modern slavery and human trafficking through comprehensive, life-transforming services to survivors and a platform to advocate for groundbreaking policies and legislation.
Darkness to Light
Empowers adults to prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse through awareness, education, and stigma reduction.
Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website
An unprecedented public safety resource that provides the public with access to sex offender data nationwide. NSOPW is a partnership between the U.S. Department of Justice and state, territorial and tribal governments, working together for the safety of adults and children.
Futures Without Violence
For more than 30 years, FUTURES has been providing groundbreaking programs, policies, and campaigns that empower individuals and organizations working to end violence against women and children around the world.
Helping Survivors of Sexual Abuse & Assault
The mission of Helping Survivors is to assist anyone who has been victimized by sexual assault or abuse. Their website is a compilation of information around different instances of sexual violence, including child sexual abuse, clergy abuse, Hollywood sexual abuse, rideshare (Uber & Lyft) sexual assault, dating app violence, and more. They offer resources to assist survivors and their families.
Jim Hopper
Clinical psychologist and independent consultant, Teaching Associate in Psychology, Harvard Medical School, and nationally recognized expert on psychological trauma.
Justice for Children
A national child advocacy organization, headquartered in Houston, Texas. It was founded in 1987 by Randy Burton, a former Chief Prosecutor of the Family Offenses Section of the Harris County District Attorney’s office, and a group of concerned citizens within the community in response to the inadequacies and failure of child protective system to protect abused & neglected children.
Kidpower International
A global nonprofit leader in ‘People Safety’ education – an international movement of leaders reaching millions of people of all ages, abilities, genders, identities, and walks of life with effective, culturally-competent interpersonal and social safety skills.
MeToo Movement – Resource Library
A curated collection of resources and organizations dedicated to helping survivors based on experience, need, and community. Use the tool below to connect with the right resource for you.
National Alliance to End Sexual Violence
Educates the policy community about federal laws, legislation and appropriations impacting the fight to end sexual violence. Its team of experts and advocates, donating time away from their state and local groups, publish written analysis, track legislation, provide media interviews, and advise members of Congress and the executive branch.
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Help find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation, and prevent child victimization. NCMEC works with families, victims, private industry, law enforcement, and the public to assist with preventing child abductions, recovering missing children, and providing services to deter and combat child sexual exploitation.
National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
When Deborah D. Tucker, MPA, and Sarah M. Buel, JD, founded this center in 1998, their vision was to create an organization that encouraged and created unprecedented levels of collaboration among professionals working to end violence against women.
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Lead, mobilize and raise our voices to support efforts that demand a change of conditions that lead to domestic violence such as patriarchy, privilege, racism, sexism, and classism. We are dedicated to supporting survivors and holding offenders accountable and supporting advocates.
National Coalition to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
A unified effort to promote the healthy development of children and youth, and end their sexual abuse and exploitation.
National Crime Victim Law Institute
A nonprofit based at Lewis & Clark Law School that fights for victims through legal advocacy, training and education, and public policy.
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1.800.799.SAFE)
Providing access to a network of resources to get help when in a domestic violence situation such as the phone line, internet chat with advocates, other safety advice, and resources.
National Network to End Domestic Violence
A social change organization that is dedicated to creating a social, political, and economic environment in which violence against women no longer exists.
National Sexual Violence Resource Center
The leading nonprofit in providing information and tools to prevent and respond to sexual violence. NSVRC translates research and trends into best practices that help individuals, communities and service providers achieve real and lasting change.
2101 N Front Street Governor’s Plaza North, Building #2 Harrisburg, PA 17110
(717) 909-0710
The National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence
Focused on the development, passage and implementation of effective public policy to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking.
National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center
To help prevent violence against women by advancing knowledge about prevention research and fostering collaboration among advocates, practitioners, policy makers, and researchers.
Pandora’s Project
Dedicated to providing information, support, and resources to survivors of rape and sexual abuse and their friends and family. Pandora’s Project offers peer support to anyone who has been a victim of rape, sexual assault, or sexual abuse through our online support group, Pandora’s Aquarium.
RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network)
Created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline in partnership with more than 1,000 local sexual assault service providers across the country and operates the DoD Safe Helpline for the Department of Defense. RAINN also carries out programs to prevent sexual violence, help survivors, and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice.
The Rape Crisis Center for Children and Adults
We support and empower survivors and educate the community to end sexual violence. We help to ensure a responsive medical community, sensitive law enforcement and an active prosecution system. We offer a continuum of care- from intervention to prevention and advocacy, including wrap-around resources.
Safe Horizon
The nation’s leading victim assistance organization. Our mission is to provide support, prevent violence, and promote justice for victims of crime and abuse, their families and communities.
Safer Society Foundation
A 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides services and resources for preventive and restorative responses to sexual and social violence.
Sexual Assault Training and Investigations
Website for SATI providing training and consultation regarding crimes of sexual assault. Through education about law enforcement surrounding sexual assault and proper reaction techniques, more people will have the knowledge to effectively deal with negative sexual situations.
Sidran Institute
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of international scope that helps people understand, recover from, and treat: traumatic stress (including PTSD) dissociative disorders, and co-occurring issues, such as addictions, self injury, and suicidality.
SNAP: Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests
Network for survivors of clergy abuse. SNAP is an independent, peer network of survivors of institutional sexual abuse and their supporters who work to: Support Survivors, Protect Children, Protect the vulnerable, Heal the wounded, Expose the truth.
Stop it Now!
Founded by Fran Henry, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse who learned first hand that standard approaches to keeping children safe from child sexual abuse at that time did not respond to the complex relationships surrounding most abuse.
Tennyson Center for Children
Provide a safe, stable home for kids 5-18 who are facing critical circumstances and need residential care; an accredited, therapeutic K-12 school with a 4:1 student-to-staff ratio on our campus; and in-home and community services in 19 counties across the state to provide preventive services and therapy to strengthen families with children aged 0 to adulthood.
Toronto Police Service: Sex Crimes Unit
Believes that everyone impacted by sexual violence should be treated with respect and dignity, fairness and honesty and in a professional and bias-free manner.
VAWnet: Gender Based Violence Resource Library
An online network focused on violence against women and other forms of gender-based violence. VAWnet.org has long been identified as an unparalleled, comprehensive, go-to source of information and resources for anti-violence advocates, human service professionals, educators, faith leaders, and others interested in ending domestic and sexual violence.
Victim Rights Law Center
Mission is to provide legal representation to victims of rape and sexual assault to help rebuild their lives; and to promote a national movement committed to seeking justice for every rape and sexual assault victim.
Voices and Faces Project
Through our educational and advocacy trainings, our survivor story archives (housed at The Voices and Faces Project and World Without Exploitation), and our signature program, The Stories We Tell – an immersive, two-day testimonial writing workshop for survivors of sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and trafficking – we seek to change minds, hearts, and public policies through the power of personal testimony.
YWCA of the U.S.A
Mission to eliminate racism and empower women. We’ve been at the forefront of the biggest issues of the day for over 160 years , working to improve the lives of women, girls and communities of color through advocacy, local programming and services.
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TBTN is a 100% volunteer non-profit organization. We work hard to respond to inquiries within 24 hours, if not sooner. To reach our Legal Support Team, please complete the intake form. For all other inquiries, complete our contact form. For immediate medical support, please call 911. For counseling support, call the RAINN (Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network) Hotline at (800) 656-4673 in the US or visit our Resources section for further information.
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CONTACT US
TBTN is a 100% volunteer non-profit organization. We work hard to respond to inquiries within 24 hours, if not sooner. To reach our Legal Support Team, please complete the intake form. For all other inquiries, complete our contact form. For immediate medical support, please call 911. For counseling support, call the RAINN (Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network) Hotline at (800) 656-4673 in the US or visit our Resources section for further information.
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