ALL of our services are FREE and CONFIDENTIAL for victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
24/7 Helpline
- CARDV’s helpline is answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to provide emotional support, referral information, and safety planning.
During an initial help line phone call, you can share your situation with an experienced, non-judgmental victim advocate.
Our victim advocates can answer questions you may have about different types of abuse, what kind of help is available and how to access it, and emergency safety planning. The victim advocate’s goal is to support you and empower you in the decisions that you believe are the best for your life situation.
- You can also call the help line for immediate crisis intervention to assist you to a safe location, access medical services immediately after an assault, or assist you with completing orders of protection. We can help you access emergency temporary shelter if you are facing an immediate threat of abuse.
- We can provide emotional support, referrals, information, and help with safety planning.
- Help individuals that may not be sure whether or not their relationship is abusive.
Calling the help line does not commit you to further services and will remain confidential.
Before you call, make sure you are in a safe place. If it is an emergency, please call 911.
Legal Advocacy
- One-on-one assistance to complete emergency orders of protection for victims of intimate partner violence or sexual assault
- Support throughout qualifying civil and criminal procedures for victims of domestic and sexual violence
- Help obtaining legal representation for qualifying civil cases and attending consultations
- Assistance with making police reports
- Provide support during criminal justice interviews or meetings
- Storing evidence in safe, secure database
Medical Advocacy
- Including, but not limited to, transportation to medical facilities for sexual assault forensic (SAFE) exams
Emergency Temporary Shelter
- Brief, offsite placement is available to victims of intimate partner violence (and the children of victims) or sexual assault
Case Management
- Provide transportation, financial assistance, assistance with public assistance applications, and referrals to obtain additional resources.
Healing Services
- We contract with qualified service provide therapy services to adult survivors of domestic and sexual violence
- We offer a virtual blog, It Happens Here, for clients who have experienced sexual violence.
- We offer weekly in-person support group sessions for survivors of domestic and/or sexual violence.
- We offer a weekly newsletter, Healing Circle, to community members to provide information and healing resources for domestic and sexual violence.
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Outreach
- CARDV provides training and outreach to Callaway County individuals that would like education about domestic and sexual violence. For more information, see here.