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Welcome!

Domestic Violence Advocacy Service,Inc provides service for women and children that are exposed to domestic violence. We provide service for victims of Clayton, South Fulton, Coweta, and Meriwether counties. Please allow us to assist you in finding peace, healing, resotration, and security.

 

 

 

National Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE(7233)

1-800-787-3224(TTY)

"Bridging the Gap and Breaking the Cycle"

Silence hides violence, break the silence

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What is Abuse

  • Telling you that you can never do anything right

  • Showing jealousy of your friends and time spent away

  • Keeping you or discouraging you from seeing friends or family members

  • Embarrassing or shaming you with put-downs

  • Controlling every penny spent in the household

  • Taking your money or refusing to give you money for expenses

  • Looking at you or acting in ways that scare you

  • Controlling who you see, where you go, or what you do

  • Preventing you from making your own decisions

  • Telling you that you are a bad parent or threatening to harm or take away your children

  • Preventing you from working or attending school

  • Destroying your property or threatening to hurt or kill your pets

  • Intimidating you with guns, knives or other weapons

  • Pressuring you to have sex when you don’t want to or do things sexually you’re not comfortable with

  • Pressuring you to use drugs or alcohol

Stay Safe

A safety plan is a personalized, practical plan that includes ways to remain safe while in a relationship, planning to leave, or after you leave. Safety planning involves how to cope with emotions, tell friends and family about the abuse, take legal action and more.

At the hotline we safety plan with victims, friends and family members — anyone who is concerned about their own safety or the safety of someone else.

A good safety plan will have all of the vital information you need and be tailored to your unique situation, and will help walk you through different scenarios.

Although some of the things that you outline in your safety plan may seem obvious, it’s important to remember that in moments of crisis your brain doesn’t function the same way as when you are calm. When adrenaline is pumping through your veins it can be hard to think clearly or make logical decisions about your safety. Having a safety plan laid out in advance can help you to protect yourself in those stressful moments.

Get Involved

Making a difference in the lives of thousands of victims, survivors and their families is the best reason to give to the hotline. Every donation helps ensure someone is available to answer the most important call of a victim’s life.

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