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Local Resources for Victims of Domestic Violence

Dane County Domestic Abuse Intervention Services:
P.O. Box 1761
Madison, WI 53701
Business Line: 251-1237
Help and Crisis Line (24 hours/TTY and Language Line): 251-4445 or 1-800-747-4045

Domestic Abuse Intervention Services provides a 24 hour help and crisis line, crisis response program, emergency shelter, legal advocacy, support groups, and children's programs. All services are confidential and free of charge.

Briarpatch/Youth Services of Southern Wisconsin
1955 Atwood Ave.
Madison, WI 53704
Crisis Line: 251-1126
Ph. 251-6211
Website: http://www.YouthSOS.org/

Counseling services for youth and families in crisis. For teens whose lives are affected by violence, Briarpatch offers a safe place to talk. Free and confidential services include individual and family counseling, emergency shelter in community foster homes, a 24-hour crisis line, and the Teen Rap Line.

Dane County District Attorney’s Office Domestic Violence Unit
115 W. Doty St.
Madison, WI 53710
ph. 284-6880

Family Service - Program to Prevent Woman Abuse
128 E. Olin Avenue
Madison, WI 53713
Ph. 251-7611

Family Service provides counseling and treatment programs for women and children victims of domestic violence and for men who batter. The children’s program offers longer-term counseling and support designated to relieve trauma and promote the skills needed to live without violence; the program serves children and teens ages 7 to 17.

Family Service - Alternatives to Aggression Program
128 E. Olin Avenue
Madison, WI 53713
Ph. 252-1320
website: www.fsmad.org

Provides counseling for those affected by abusive relationships and general aggression. Individual and group treatment for men, women, teens, and children.

Midwest Domestic Violence Resource Center
2828 Marshall Ct.
Madison, WI
Ph. 231-3300

Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence 
1400 East Washington Avenue, Suite 232 
Madison, WI 53703 
Phone: 608-255-0539
FAX: 608-255-3560

Parental Stress Center - Parents Anonymous - OASIS
2120 Fordem Ave.
Madison, WI 53704
Ph. 241-4888
Ph. 241-2221

Rape Crisis Center
Crisis Line - 251-7273
Administration - 251-5126

National Domestic Violence Hotline 
1-800-799-SAFE (7233) 
1-800-787-3224 (TDD)

The National Domestic Violence Hotline is staffed 24 hours a day by trained counselors who can provide crisis assistance and information about shelters, legal advocacy, health care centers, and counseling. There is also a toll-free number for the hearing-impaired.

Internet Websites about Domestic Violence:

National Domestic Violence Hotline Resources List:
http://www.feminist.org/911/crisis.html

Family Violence Awareness Page
http://www.famvi.com/

Family Violence Prevention Fund
http://www.igc.apc.org/fund/index.html

Domestic Violence Resources Page
http://www.igc.apc.org/woman/activist/domestic.html

U.S. Department of Justice Violence Against Women Office
http://www.usdoj.gov/vawo/

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

 

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