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National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or (TTY) 1-800-787-3224

Where to Find Help

UPDATED September 24, 2008

Breaking Free
St. Paul MN,
Phone: 651-645-6557
Email: breaking@qwest.net
Fights commercial sexual exploitation by providing direct services for all prostituted women and girls and by educating the community to recognize prostitution as systematic violence against women. Services: Afro-centric, case management, support groups, housing, mentorship, community court, school for johns.

Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
University of Minnesota, School of Social Work
290 St. Peters Hall, 1404 Gortner Ave.
St. Paul MN, 55108-6142
Phone: 877-NIDVAAC (643-8222)
Web: http://www.dvinstitute.org
The Institutes's Mission is: To provide an interdisciplinary vehicle and forum by which scholars, practitioners, and observers of family violence in the African American community will have the continual opportunity to articulate their perspectives on family violence through research findings, the examination of service delivery and intervention mechanisms, and the identification of appropriate and effective responses to prevent/reduce family violence in the African American community.

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