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Georgia Family Violence
Also See the Web Page "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING & DIVORCE" Full Faith and Credit Provisions of the Violence Against Women Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2265-2266 (2000) This is Federal Law! National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith and Credit (NCPOFFC) 800-903-0111, prompt 2; ncffc@bwjp.org "The National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith and Credit (NCPOFFC) was created in 1995 through a cooperative agreement between the Office for Victims of Crime of the U.S. Department of Justice and the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV) to promote and facilitate inter-jurisdictional enforcement of civil and criminal protection orders in state, tribal, and territorial courts pursuant to the Full Faith and Credit provision of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The NCPOFFC operated under a cooperative agreement between PCADV and the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), U.S. Department of Justice until October 2006 when the NCFFC became part of the Battered Women's Justice Project (BWJP). The NCPOFFC currently operates under a cooperative agreement between BWJP and the OVW." Family Violence Intervention Program, Certified Georgia Commission on Family Violence Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence Georgia Commission on Family Violence (GCFV) Call 1-800-33-HAVEN (1-800-334-2836 [24 hours a day]) Gwinnett Sexual Assault Center & Children’s Advocacy Center (GSAC-CAC) O.C.G.A. § 17-4-20.1 Go to the following link to look up the listed code sections (LexisNexis(R)): http://w3.lexis-nexis.com/hottopics/gacode/
911 Cell Bank.org "... the 911 Cell Phone Bank was created to provide an ongoing and readily available source of emergency cell phones and funds to meet the unexpected and urgent needs of participating law enforcement and affiliated victims services agencies. " An Abuse, Rape and Domestic Violence Aid and Resource Collection (AARDVARC) "Georgia Sexual Assault Resources" Atlanta Legal Aid Society Legal Services for Low Income Persons in the 5 Metro County Area Domestic Violence Phone Numbers Georgia & National Numbers! Fulton County Family Court Division Forms related to Domestic Violence & Domestic Relations Including Forms for Divorce Georgia Bureau of Information (GBI) Georgia Commission on Family Violence Statewide Domestic Violence Resource Website (New as of March 2003) Georgia Crime Victims Compensation Program Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) Georgia Indigent Defense Council Criminal Cases for Low Income People Georgia Legal Service Program Legal Services for Low Income People (for all counties outside the Metro Atlanta Area) Georgia Network to End Sexual Assault "... is a non-profit coalition of sexual assault agencies and concerned individuals that share the common goal of ending sexual assault." Georgia Protective Order Registry Information Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority. Includes the Official Court Forms required to be used by Georgia Law. Help For Sexual Assault By Orchid Recovery Center Men Stopping Violence 404-270-9894. email: msv@menstoppingviolence.org North Fulton Bar Association List of Attorneys & Their Areas of Practice Tapestri Inc. "TAPESTRI, Inc., Immigrant and Refugee Coalition Challenging Gender Based Oppression, is a coalition of ethnically diverse advocates in Atlanta Georgia working on issues of violence against women." WADT, Inc.678-421-0191Collects used cell phones through donations to help victims of domestic violence. Has many other programs! Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence 404-668-9436"Our mission is to create a society in which domestic violence no longer exists. " "Working to Eliminate Domestic Violence in Georgia" Georgia Law: Title 15, Chapter 16, Section 1 (15-16-1) through Title 15, Chapter 16, Section 59 (15-16-59), in general, deals with Sheriffs and their Deputies. Ahimsa House 404-518-5516 "Ahimsa House, Inc., is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation that provides shelter and aid to animals caught in the cycle of domestic violence. Ahimsa House is the first and only shelter of its kind in Georgia." Gwinnett Legal Aid 180 Camden Hill Rd., Suite A, Lawrenceville, GA 30045, 678-376-4545. Gwinnett Sexual Assault Center & Children's Advocacy Center 770-476-7407 Additional Information, 2nd Link Atlanta Union Mission: Howell Mill Road Campus (My Sister's House) "921 Howell Mill Rd., NW (click for map and directions), Atlanta, GA 30318, 404-367-2465, Atlanta Union Mission's Howell Mill Road Campus, My Sister's House, is the Mission's full service center for women and children. The campus houses 136 women and children in nightly emergency shelter, and it also houses 128 women and children in the Mission's residential recovery program." Partnership for Domestic Violence 770-963-9799 (24 hour Crisis Line for Gwinnett County) 404-873-1766 (24 Hour Crisis Line for Fulton County) 404-870-9600 (Information) Georgia Law: O.C.G.A. 9-13-6 "(b) Any person who violates the provisions of a domestic violence order which excludes, evicts, or excludes and evicts that person from a residence or household shall be guilty of a misdemeanor." Extract from Lawskills.com. Georgia Law: O.C.G.A. 19-13-23 "(a) Any person who knowingly publishes, disseminates, or otherwise discloses the location of a family violence shelter is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) This Code section shall not apply to: (1) Confidential communications between a client and his or her attorney; or (2) Instances when such publication, dissemination, or disclosure is authorized by the director of the shelter." |