Websites

If you are being hurt by your partner or need help, click here for more resources. If you are in immediate danger, call 911 or for local support please call Stand! for Families Free of Violence at 888-215-5555.

Domestic Violence Pocket Resource Guide
This small pocket resource guide provides information about domestic violence, local Contra Costa community resources and crisis couseling and shelter phone numbers.
You may also order these for your organization by emailing info@familiesthrive.org.

Domestic Violence Pocket Resource Guide - Spanish

Contra Costa County Zero Tolerance
The "Zero Tolerance for Domestic Violence" Initiative (Zero Tolerance) is a multi-jurisdictional partnership designed to reduce domestic violence, family violence, and elder abuse in Contra Costa County.

Family Violence Prevention Fund
The Family Violence Prevention Fund works to prevent violence within the home, and in the community, to help those whose lives are devastated by violence because everyone has the right to live free of violence.

National Center for Children Exposed to DV
The National Center for Children Exposed to Violence (NCCEV) works to increase the capacity of individuals and communities to reduce the incidence and impact of violence on children and families; to train and support the professionals who provide intervention and treatment to children and families affected by violence; and to increase professional and public awareness of the effects of violence on children, families, communities and society.

California Secretary of State Safe at Home
Safe at Home is a confidential address program administered by the California Secretary of State’s Office that offers victims anonymity and a new start towards a brighter future free from fear.

Publications and Articles

Addressing Domestic Violence, Child Safety and Well-Being: Collaborative Strategies for California Families
Recommendations from the California Leadership Group on Domestic VIolence and Child Well-Being. December 2010

An Assault on Our Future: The Impact of Violence on Young People and
their Relationships
A report on violence in young people's lives was released recently in Australia. It's a synthesis of national and international research on children's and young people's exposure to violence in their families and in their own relationships,
its impact, and its prevention.

Assessing Childhood Exposure to Adult Domestic Violence
This article identifies several factors affecting children's experiences and consequent outcomes, including concurrent victimization and various risk and protective factors. Jeffrey L. Edleson, Amanda L. Ellerton, Ellen A. Seagren, Staci L. Kirchberg, Sarah O. Schmidt, Amirthini T. Ambrose MINCAVA, University of Minnesota School of Social Work, (2006)

Assessment for Lifetime Exposure to Violence as a Pathway to Prevention
By Linda Chamberlain with contributions from Peggy Brown (February 2006).

The Child Exposure to Domestic Violence (CEDV) Scale is s measurement tool for use with children exposed to domestic violence. It is freely accessible through the website: www.mincava.umn.edu/cedv/.