Domestic/Sexual Abuse

Domestic/Sexual Abuse

Domestic/Sexual Abuse

Abused Women’s Advocacy Project (AWAP)

Address:  159 Main St.
Farmington, ME 04938
Phone:  (207) 778-6107; 1-800-559-2927 (hotline) (toll free)
Fax:  (207) 778-6297
E-mail:  info@awap.org
Website: http://www.awap.org
Contact:  Aimee Desroches
 
Clients:  Victims of domestic abuse in Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford counties.
Services:  Advocates can help with:

A confidential place to talk.

Information and resources.

Shelter and support groups.

Assistance through the court system.

Referral to other support systems.

A safe place when home isn’t safe.

Volunteer Opportunities:

Crisis intervention, court advocacy, office work, handling donations, speaker’s bureau, working with children.

Required training: AWAP will provide training.

Time requirements: Variable.

Volunteer coordinator: Aimee DesRoches (207) 778-6107.

Fees:  Free and confidential.
Hours:  24 Hour domestic abuse helpline. Call for office hours.

Acadia Recovery Community Shelter

Location:  179 Indiana Avenue
Bangor
Phone:  (207) 973-6400 or 1-800-444-2555
 
Clients:  Substance abusers

Adult Protective Services

Address:  200 Main St.
Lewiston, ME 04240
Phone:  (207) 795-4300; 1-800-624-8404 (hotline) (toll free)
 
Clients:  Abused neglected physically dependent or developmentally disabled adults.
Services:  Protective services and intervention. Counseling and shelter referral available through DHHS during office hours.
Fees:  None.
Hours:  24-hour emergency services. Office hours: Monday thru Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Battered Women's Project

Phone:  (207) 498-6146 or 1-800-439-2323 or (207) 764-2977
 
Services:  Domestic violence assistance in Caribou, Houlton and Presque Isle

Caring Unlimited

Phone:  (207) 324-1802 or 1-800-239-7298
 
Services:  Domestic violence assistance/shelter

Children's Emergency Services

Location:  200 Main Street
Lewiston
Phone:  1-800-452-1999
 
Clients:  Sexually or physically abused children, neglected children and their families, as well as parental abuse

Domestic Abuse Hotline for Men and Women

Address:  PO Box 252
Harmony, ME 04942
Phone:  (207) 683-5758; 1-888-743-5754 (toll free)
E-mail:  help@domesticabusehelpline.org
Website: http://domesticabusehelpline.org/Home.asp
 
Services:  To provide crisis intervention and support services to all victims of domestic violence and their families in order to help survivors recover from the trauma of domestic violence. The Domestic Abuse Hotline for Men and Women work towards the elimination of domestic violence by increasing public awareness and decreasing tolerance of domestic violence through community collaboration and education. Domestic Abuse Helpline for Men and Women will strive to improve the quality and safety of the lives of victims who are seeking peace in their homes and in their daily existence.

Family Crisis Shelter

Address:  PO Box 704
Portland, ME 04103
Phone:  (207) 874-1973; 1-800-537-6066 (24-hour Hotline) (toll free)
Fax:  (207) 767-8109
 
Clients:  Victims of domestic violence and their children.
Services:  Emergency shelter, 24-hour Hotline, assistance in obtaining protection from abuse orders, support group, and community education.
Fees:  None.
Hours:  Office hours: Monday thru Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 24-hour Hotline service.

Family Violence Project

Phone:  (207) 623-3560 or 1-877-890-7788
 
Clients:  Domestic violence shelter

Maine Men Against Violence & Sexism

Address:  112 Church Street, Apt. A
P.O. Box 349
Farmington, ME 04938
Location:  138 Pleasant St.
Farmington
Phone:  (207) 778-3992; 1-800-871-7741(hotline-in state only) (toll free)
TTY:  1-888-458-5599
Website: http://www.mmavs.org
Contact:  Jeb Enoch
 
Services:  Maine Men Against Violence and Sexism is here to help men help each other: To end the violence that permeates our culture, and to support one another in that work.

Men need to get involved in ending rape, sexual assault, and other forms of abuse. We as men perpetrate the vast majority (95%) of the assaults, and yet the topic is usually framed as a "Women’s Issue." We want to make it very clear that we men must get involved because we are involved. We are perpetrators, survivors, and friends of survivors, and need to get involved. We have grand-mothers, mothers, sisters, cousins, nieces, wives, girlfriends, daughters, grand daughters and others who have or may become the subject of abuse.

Mary Batt, LCSW

Address:  124 Main St. Suite 104
Farmington,, ME 04938
Phone:  (207) 491-0522
 
Services:  Individual and group counseling services for those with who have experienced, or are currently experiencing domestic violence, or abuse of any sort. The group is called TREM, (Trauma Recovery and EMpowerment), and is designed by a woman, for women. A program is also offered at the practitioner's farm, also in Farmington, called Healing With Horses. Trained and very gentle horses are worked with as a way to heal from abuse, stress, runaway emotions. Riding is an option, but not the focus of the work.

MaineCare and Medicare are both accepted, as is fee-for-service.

Peace in Our Families

Address:  Franklin community Health Network
111 Franklin Health Commons
Farmington, ME 04938
Phone:  (207) 779-3150 or 778-9522
Website: http://www.fchn.org./hcc/peace/default.asp
Contact:  Missy Danforth
 
Clients:  Any population.
Services:  Peace in Our Families is a community-wide task force in Greater Franklin County that aims to (1) Reduce the incidence and severity of domestic violence, sexual assault and other forms of interpersonal violence; (2) To change cultural beliefs and behaviors about violence in all its forms and its impact on the individuals in the community; and (3) Mobilize all current and potential resources promoting healthy relationships.

Monthly meetings of Peace in Our Families take place the last Tuesday of every month in the Walden Room at Franklin Memorial Hospital from 9-10am. For details contact Missy Danforth at 779-3150 or Judy Rawlings at 778-9522.

Fees:  None.

Rangeley Project for Domestic Peace

Address:  PO Box 569
Rangeley, ME 04970
Location:  Dallas Hill
Rangeley
Phone:  (207) 864-5468
 
Services:  Providing education about and advocating an end to domestic/sexual violence against adults and children. Also a resource for services, and support to those who are experiencing or have experienced or are perpetrators of violence.

Sexual Assault Victims Emergency Services (SAVES)

Address:  PO Box 349
Farmington, ME 04938
Location:  138 Pleasant St.
Farmington
Phone:  (207) 778-9522; 1-866-740-9516 (Franklin Cty. cell phone users) (toll free)
Fax:  (207) 778-5425
E-mail:  savesrcc@savesrapecrisis.org
E-mail:  director@savesrapecrisis.org
Website: http://www.savesrapecrisis.org
Contact:  Judy Rawlings
 
Clients:  Victims of sexual assault or abuse.
Services:  SAVES provides support to victims of sexual assault or abuse to help them recover from the assault and, if they choose to do so, work with the police and the courts to prosecute the offender.

Trauma Recovery and Empowerment support groups are provided for both the women and men, and support groups for teens are available through the high schools throughout Franklin county. SAVES School-Based Advocate spends one day each week in each of the high schools to meet with students who need support. Programs to help people understand and reduce the risk of sexual assault are offered to students and residents throughout Franklin County.

Victims of sexual assault or abuse (and their family or friends) can access services through SAVES 24-hour, toll-free Hotline.

Clients are never charged for the services SAVES provides.

Support groups:

Women’s Empowerment Group

Creative Recovery for Women

Men’s Survivor Support Groups

Survivors of Incest, Sexual Abuse & Rape Support.

Spruce Run Association

Address:  PO Box 653
Bangor, ME 04402-0653
Phone:  (207) 947-0496; 723-5664; collect calls, 945-510; 1-800-863-9909 (toll free)
Fax:  (207) 990-4252
E-mail:  sprucerun@midmaine.com
 
Clients:  Abused women and their children, people affected by domestic violence.
Services:  Advocacy and support, emergency shelters, referral, women’s support groups, children’s groups, and training and education.
Fees:  None.
Hours:  Office hours: Monday thru Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. On call 24-hours and scheduled appointments as needed.

St. Francis Community Home

Phone:  (207) 469-3018
 
Clients:  Mental illness/substance abuse/domestic violence sufferers
Services:  Shelter

The Next Step

Phone:  (207) 255-4785; 1-888-604-8692 (toll free)
 
Services:  Shelter for domestic violence sufferers

The Next Step

Phone:  (207) 667-4606; 1-800-315-5579 (toll free)
 
Clients:  domestic violence sufferers
Services:  safe homes