AmeriCorps Victim Assistance Program (AVAP) is a multi-agency collaboration to ensure direct services are available to victims of domestic and sexual violence and stalking in New Hampshire.

NH Resources:

NH Bureau of Child Protection

NH Governor's Commission on the Humane Treatment of Animals  

NH Commission on the Status of Women
Resource:  - A Legal Handbook for Women in New Hampshire 
Designed to provide women of New Hampshire with information about state and federal laws related to: 

• • Education 
  • Employment 
  • Housing 
  • Sexual violence 
  • Family law 
  • Criminal law

New Hampshire Department of Justice

• Resource: Protocols on Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Child Abuse and Neglect  

NH Funders:
The Coalition is fortunate for current and past funding support from the following organizations:

Endowment for Health
The Corporate Fund
The New Hampshire Bar Foundation
The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
The Women’s Fund of New Hampshire

National Organizations:

Domestic Violence:

• National Network to End Domestic Violence is a membership and advocacy organization focused on federal public policy. The NNEDV began in 1990 as a small working group of state domestic violence coalitions and national domestic violence advocates and has grown into an effective national organization representing and assisting state coalitions and advocating for federal legislation to benefit victims of direct service organizations.
• National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
• Alianza – The National Latino Alliance For the Elimination of Domestic Violence
• Institute of Domestic Violence in The African American Community - The Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community (IDVAAC) is an organization focused on the unique circumstances of African Americans as they face issues related to domestic violence.
• MINCAVA electronic clearinghouse provides an extensive pool of up-to-date educational resources about all types of violence.
• National Coalition Against Domestic Violence - NCADV (located in Denver, CO) is a grassroots non-profit membership organization working since 1978 to end violence in the lives of victims. NCADV provides a national network for state coalitions and local programs servicing domestic violence victims, public policy at the national level, technical assistance, community awareness campaigns, general information and referrals, and publications on the issue of domestic violence.
• National Council Of Juvenile and Family Court Judges - The mission of the NCJFCJ is to improve courts and systems practice and raise awareness of the core issues that touch the lives of many of our nation's children and families.
• National Domestic Violence Hotline - NDVH is a nonprofit organization that provides crisis intervention, information and referral to victims of domestic violence, perpetrators, friends and families.
• National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women (VAWnet) - The mission of VAWnet is to harness and use electronic communication technology to end violence against women.
• National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
• The Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence serves as a forum for, and clearinghouse on information, research, resources and critical issues about violence against women in Asian and Pacific Islander communities.
• The Battered Women's Justice Project offers training, technical assistance, and consultation on the most promising practices of the criminal and civil justice systems in addressing domestic violence. 
• The Family Violence Prevention Fund works to end domestic violence and help victims whose lives are devastated by abuse, because every person has the right to live in a home free of violence.
• The National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women provides customized technical assistance to battered women charged with crimes and to members of their defense teams (defense attorneys, advocates, expert witnesses and others).
• WomensLaw.org - Providing legal information and support to victims of domestic violence. A project of the National Network to End Domestic Violence.