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Domestic Violence Resources in Maine | MCEDV
Maine Domestic Violence Statutes
For a complete list of Maine's domestic violence resource centers, click here.
Maine's Domestic Violence Resource Centers provide the following services:
24-hour helpline: Each center encourages anyone with questions about abuse—victims, friends, family members, coworkers and community members—to use the helpline covered by staff and trained volunteers. Advocates provide help with safety planning; weighing and identifying options; emotional support; and specialized advocacy. From area code (207) call 1.866.834.HELP to be connected with your local Domestic Violence Resource Center. If you are hearing impaired, you can connect via the Maine Telecommunications Relay Service at 1.800.437.1220. Not from Maine? Call the national helpline: 1.800.799.7233 and 1.800.787.3224 (tty).
Referrals and information: Referrals and Information about community resources are available to meet the specific needs of individuals.
Temporary emergency shelter and transitional housing: The availability of both short and long-term options for safe places to go is critical to the safety of those who might otherwise remain in or return to abusive situations due to lack of economic and housing alternatives.
Court advocacy: Advocates help with Protection from Abuse Orders, Parental Rights and Responsibilities and Pro Se Divorce forms. Other services may be available at your local Domestic Violence Resource Center.
Support groups: Survivors share their problems, offer encouragement in making difficult life choices, and provide support toward personal growth. These groups offer safety planning information, encouragement, hope and strength.
Batterer’s Intervention Programs: These 48-week behavioral change education programs, certified and monitored by the Department of Corrections, can help batterers examine the controlling behaviors and belief systems that they use to give themselves permission to abuse. The goals of B.I.P are to work toward the safety of victims and to hold abusers accountable for their actions.
Outreach and Community Education: Community education and public awareness are essential components of our response to domestic abuse. Domestic Violence Resource Centers provide a range of services—training, technical assistance, classroom education, public presentations—in a range of settings that foster a better understanding of issues related to domestic violence, attract community support for program efforts, and challenge the culture that supports abuse.
School-Based Education: Each local resource center provides programming to educate and inform youth and adults about the issue of Teen Dating Abuse, and explore what is healthy and unhealthy behavior in relationships.
Specialized Children’s Programming: Contact your local resource center to find out what specialized programs they offer for children exposed to domestic violence.
Public Policy: MCEDV advocates on behalf of battered women through policy development and legislative initiatives that support battered women and hold batterers accountable.
Nearly all services are free of charge. This is a partial list of the services available; call 1.866.834.HELP to connect with your local Domestic Violence Resource Center and learn more about what is available in your community.
Or, contact your local domestic violence resource center directly:
Caring Unlimited (York County)
P.O. Box 590, Sanford, ME 04073
Admin.: 207-490-3227
Hotline: 1-800-239-7298
mail@caring-unlimited.org
www.caring-unlimited.org
Family Crisis Services (Cumberland County)
P.O. Box 704, Portland, ME 04104
Admin.: 207-767-4952
Hotline: 1-800-537-6066; 207-874-1973
All numbers TTY accessible
familycrisis@familycrisis.org
www.familycrisis.org
Family Violence Project (Kennebec & Somerset Counties)
P.O. Box 304, Augusta, ME 04332
Admin.: 207-623-8637
Hotline: 1-877-890-7788; 207-623-3569
fvp@familyviolenceproject.org
www.familyviolenceproject.org
Hope and Justice Project (Aroostook County)
754 Main Street, Presque Isle, ME 04769
Admin.: 207-764-2977
Hotline: 1-800-439-2323
info@hopeandjusticeproject
www.hopeandjusticeproject.org
New Hope for Women (Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc & Waldo Counties)
P.O. Box A, Rockland, ME 04841-0733
Admin. & Hotline: 207-594-2128 or 1-800-522-3304
Belfast Office 207-338-6569
Wiscasset Office (207) 882-6222
Bath Office (207) 443-8898
newhope@newhopeforwomen.org
www.newhopeforwomen.org
New Hope for Women's Facebook
Safe Voices (Androscoggin, Franklin & Oxford Counties)
P.O. Box 713, Auburn, ME 04212-0713
Admin.: 207-795-6744
Hotline: 1-800-559-2927 or 207- 795-4020
info@safevoices.org
www.safevoices.org
Next Step (Hancock & Washington Counties)
P.O.Box 1466, Ellsworth, ME 04605
Admin: 207-667-0176
Hotline: 1-800-315-5579
info@nextstepdvproject.org
www.nextstepdvproject.org
Partners for Peace (Penobscot & Piscataquis County)
P.O. Box 653, Bangor, ME 04402
Admin.: 207-945-5102
Hotline: 1-800-863-9909 or 207-947-0496 or TTY: 207-955-3777
partnersforpeaceme@partnersforpeaceme.org
www.partnersforpeaceme.org
265 Lisbon Street Suite 2 (Second Floor)
Phone: (207) 753 -0061 ​
www.ircofmaine.org
Important Information for Survivors in Maine
Domestic Violence Help Guide: Information for People Affected by Abuse in Maine (full PDF)
Help Guide Part 1: Introduction & What is Domestic Abuse?
Help Guide Part 2: Why Does Abuse Happen?
Help Guide Part 3: How Are My Children Affected By Abuse?
Help Guide Part 4: Safety Planning
Help Guide Part 5: Getting Help
Help Guide Part 6: Are You Concerned About Someone Else?
Resources in Maine
Map of Maine Domestic Violence Resource Centers (PDF)
Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault: 1.800.871.7741 | TTY tel:1.888.458.5599
Map of Maine Sexual Assault Services (PDF)
Map of Wabanaki Women's Coalition Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services (PDF)
Immigrant Resource Center of Maine: 207-753-0061
Pine Tree Legal Assistance: 207.622.4731
Legal Services for the Elderly: 1.800.442.2092
Volunteer Lawyers Project: 1.800.442.4293
2-1-1 Maine: 211
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1.800.799.7233 | TTY 1.800.787.3224
American Bar Association’s Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence
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