GET HELP NOW
If you are being abused or assaulted, CALL 911 or your local emergency contact number
If you or someone you know is in danger from further or pending harm:
- Get to a safer location with the help of law enforcement, security, ambulance, or other aid.
- Call your local hotline for information, support and advocacy.
- Seek medical attention following an assault or abuse. There may be internal injuries or complications from the assault that are not easily known at first.
- Take with you whatever medication and important papers you can for yourself and your children.
- Most domestic violence centers and rape crisis centers can meet you at the emergency room of your nearest hospital or the police station. Call their hotline to meet with an advocate.
CALL a 24-hour hotline
In Lackawanna and Susquehanna Counties, Pennsylvania CALL
Women's Resource Center
570-346-4671 V/TTY
570-278-1800
800-257-5765
Consejeras de habla español disponibles
NATIONAL HOTLINES
National Domestic Violence Hotline
800-799-SAFE
800-787-3224 TTY
National Sexual Assault Hotline
800-656-HOPE
National Center for Victims of Crime
800-FYI-CALL
800-211-7996, TTY
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. EST
Serving victims in more than 150 languages.
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