Community, State and National Resources
Most communities have child protective services and adult protective services agencies
to which known or suspected cases of abuse should be reported. The following is a list of
resources including domestic violence hotlines and web sites that may be of help to the
health practitioner seeking more information on this topic.
Hotlines
Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse
(AVDA)
18003558547
Local: 5612652900
Florida Child Abuse Hotline
180096ABUSE
(18009622873)
TDD Number 18004535145
Fax line: 18009140004
Florida Domestic Violence Hotline
18005001119
TDD Number 18006214202
Florida Coalition Against Domestic
Violence Statewide Legal Hotline
18005001119,
Ext. 3
Florida Elder Helpline
18002622243
Battered Women's Justice Project
18009030111
Health Resource Center on Domestic
Violence
8887922873
MiamiDade
Advocates for Victims
North: 3057582546
Homestead: 3052474249
National Domestic Violence Hotline
(Linea Nacional sobre la Violencia
Domestica)
1800799SAFE
(18007997233)
TDD number: 18007873224
National Resource Center on Domestic
Violence
18005372238
Peaceful Paths
8003937233
Resource Center on Domestic Violence,
Child Protection and Custody
18005273223
Salvation Army Domestic Violence and
Rape Crisis Program
8002522597
Women in Distress of Broward County
Local: 9547611133
YWCA Harmony House
8007939922
Local: 5616409844
