II. METODOLOGIA
2.2 Variables y operacionalización
Violence Recovery Services in Rhode Island
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Agency Description Contact Information
Blackstone Valley Advocacy Center
The Blackstone Valley Advocacy Center is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide comprehensive services to victims of domestic violence and to provide education and awareness on the issue of domestic violence.
Comprehensive Community Action Program provides specialized evaluation and counseling services to victims of sexual abuse and trauma. The program also serves non-offending parents and siblings. Additionally, offers the Victims of Crime Program that assists persons or families who are victims of violent crime by providing clinical case management.
Day One’s mission is to reduce the prevalence of sexual abuse and violence, and to support and advocate for those affected by it. It provides services to victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, hate crimes, and other violent crimes, as well as education to the public.
(401) 421-4100
Helpline: (800) 494-8100 www.dayoneri.org 100 Medway Street Providence, RI 02906 Destiny House Destiny House is a domestic violence agency with the
mission of empowering adolescents, pregnant and parenting teens, and families in communities of color to break the cycle of violence and poverty. Its goal is to address domestic violence specifically among minority groups and provide help and support to those affected by violence regardless of gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, or age.
The Domestic Violence Resource Center of South County envisions a world in which all individuals are free from violence, grow to their full potential and have relationships based on trust, equality and mutual respect. The Center offers residential services for abused women and their children, court advocacy, support groups for women and men, gay and lesbian support groups, counseling, and violence prevention programs for youth.
Helpline (401) 782 3990 www.dvrcsc.org
Drop-in Center 61 Main Street Wakefield, RI 02879
Washington County Court House Office
4800 Tower Hill Road South Kingstown, RI 02879 East Bay Center
Violence Recovery Program
Violence Recovery Program for adolescents and young adults who are GLBTQQI. Bullying and Tolerance education in-services for area schools.
Intake: (401) 246-1195 Emergency: (401) 246-0700 www.eastbay.org
1445 Wampanoag Trail Suite 106
East Providence, RI 02915 1
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Agency Description Contact Information
Elizabeth Buffum Chace Center
Elizabeth Buffum Chace Center provides support,
information and referrals to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
(401) 738-9700
Crisis Hotline: (401) 738-1700 www.ebccenter.org
P.O. Box 9476 Warwick, RI 02889 Family Service Inc Family Service of Rhode Island, Inc., is a non-profit
organization that provides a wide array of social, medical and educational services to primarily low-income children, adults and families. Violence-recovery specific programs include Trauma and Loss Center (for children who were exposed to violence or loss) and the Children’s Treatment and Recovery Center (for children physically or sexually abused).
Gateway Healthcare has developed a specialized program to provide Child and Adolescent Intensive Treatment Services (CAITS) to children and youth who have experienced traumatic events. This evidence-based program offers trauma and grief therapy services and psychiatric consultation and assessment to children and their families, including those who have experienced abuse (sexual, physical, and emotional, as well as those who have witnessed domestic abuse).
Interfaith Counseling Center is dedicated to the concept of mental health counseling that is sensitive to the spiritual, faith and meaning questions which lie at the heart of modern living. Provides mental health counseling that is sensitive to the spiritual, faith and meaning questions which lie at the heart of modern living, with focus on victims of familial violence.
(401) 461-5558
The Ophelia Program offers clinical support for girls and young women for issues surrounding: self-destructive behaviors, eating disorders, relational issues, mental health concerns, substance abuse, stress reduction.
(401) 848-4206 www.cfsnewport.org 31 John Clarke Road Middletown, RI 02842 Sojourner House Provides support, advocacy, and safety for victims of
domestic abuse. Confidential emergency shelter in Northern RI for women and their children up to age 18;
court advocates; transitional housing; advocacy and resource center with walk-in counseling, information and referrals, support groups, community education and outreach.
(401) 861-6191
Helpline: (401) 658-4334 or (401) 765-3232
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Agency Description Contact Information
Women’s Center of Rhode Island
The Women’s Center of Rhode Island (WCRI) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, which operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The only center in the Providence/East Providence area serving individual women as well as mothers and their children who are victims of domestic violence. The mission is to end interpersonal violence, offering culturally competent programs that provide safety, shelter and court advocacy to victims of domestic violence, as well as educational programs for violence prevention.
(401) 861-2760
24 hr Helpline: (401) 861-2760 www.womenscenterri.org P.O. Box 603300
Providence, RI 02906
Women’s Resource Center of Newport &
Bristol Counties
The purpose of the Women’s Resource Center (WRC) is to empower victims of domestic violence and their children through individual and social change. Education, support and advocacy programs are offered to assist victims to gain control of their lives, exercising their right to live without fear in their own homes.
Hotline: (866) 236-2474
St. Mary’s is a secular, non-profit agency offering comprehensive treatment programs for boys and girls traumatized by abuse or experiencing the challenges of psychiatric disorders. Treatment offered in residential settings or through the Shepherd Program, which provides outpatient individual and group counseling.
(401) 353-3900 www.smhfc.org 420 Fruit Hill Avenue North Providence, RI 02911 13