How an abuser can discover your internet activities: if you worry that someone might see where you've been on the internet, or might read your email, please read this information.

online resources for domestic violence assistance .

additional resources

in case of emergency: 911

for victims of crime and for women who are being abused

for help 24 hours a day:

1. for referrals (more information) Victims of Crime Helpline within Rhode Island 1-800 - 494-8100

for referrals and information outside Rhode Island - National Helpline: 1-800-799-7233
English and Spanish, AT&T language line also available

2. for the language line (people who speak languages other than English, call the Blackstone Valley Shelter: 723-3057; no fee.

internet: National Domestic Violence Hotline http://www.ndvh.org/

men who batter/hurt women

A list of batterer intervention programs here.

Law enforcement advocates for domestic violence and sexual assaults

overview at Day One's website:http://www.dayoneri.org/get-help/advocacy#Law-Enforcement

sexual assualt: (401) 421-4100, ext. 141

court advocacy (401) 822-6680

in Providence, call 272-3121, ask for the domestic violence unit; call about a complaint, to report an assualt, or [verbal] threat -- anything that puts you in fear - ( of a boyfriend, roommate, husband or other person living with you) - but the numbers above (for Providence) are probably more useful.

If the people on the phone understand your language, they will contact the language line

[Police say they don't check the immigration status of the complainant - the person who makes the complaint]

To report abuse of children: 1-800-RI-CHILD [1(800) 742-4453]

[find someone who can help you speak English - there are not always people who speak other langauges on that line]

Victim Information and Notification Everyday (VINE) a free, anonymous, computer assisted telephone service that provides offender custody information and notification of changes in offender custody status.

general health referral information

Providence Community Health Centers, Inc. (401) 444-0400

-- take most insurance and RIte care; have people who speak Spanish, Cambodian and Laotian

quilt detail

detail of a quilt made by Elizabeth Smith, photographed by Geraldine N. Johnston, within the American Memory collection of the Library of Congress.

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January 2, 2016