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24 HOUR CRISIS HOTLINE: 706-632-8400 or 1-800-334-2836

24 HOUR CRISIS HOTLINE: 706-632-8400 or 1-800-334-2836

24 HOUR CRISIS HOTLINE: 706-632-8400 or 1-800-334-2836

24 HOUR CRISIS HOTLINE: 706-632-8400 or 1-800-334-2836

24 HOUR CRISIS HOTLINE: 706-632-8400 or 1-800-334-2836

24 HOUR CRISIS HOTLINE: 706-632-8400 or 1-800-334-2836

Domestic Violence Services

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You have been through a traumatic event. Getting help early can help you begin to deal with the emotional and physical pain of domestic violence.

706-632-8400 or the National Hotline at 1-800-334-2836

From the Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence: 

Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior or coercive control in any relationship that is used by one person to gain or maintain power and control over another. Domestic Violence can be emotional, psychological, economic, sexual, or physical, and includes any behaviors that intimidate, manipulate, humiliate, isolate, frighten, terrorize, coerce, threaten, blame, hurt or injure someone.

From the Duluth Model: 

The dynamics of domestic violence can be complicated. To help understand the ways in which abusers use use different means of control, view the power and control wheel. Keep in mind that domestic violence often continues after a survivor leaves, as seen in the post separation power and control wheel.

​​If you are a survivor of sexual assault, it was not your fault and we are here to help. 

Domestic Violence Services

Counseling

Victim's Compensation

Legal Advocacy

Sessions are available throughout Fannin, Gilmer, and Pickens (as funding is available). 

Legal Advocacy

Victim's Compensation

Legal Advocacy

For court hearings and conferences with the District Attorney's Office, as well as with Law Enforcement if you chose to file a report. 

Victim's Compensation

Victim's Compensation

Victim's Compensation

Reimbursement is available for expenses including medical bills, loss of earnings, mental health counseling, and other financial costs. Eligibility requirements and timelines apply. 

Follow Up Support

Follow Up Support

Victim's Compensation

Our agency will initiate contact, in person or by telephone, to survivors after initial services have been provided. 

Shelter

Follow Up Support

Shelter

Providing a safe shelter and services to women and children fleeing the atmosphere of violence. 

Bill Of Rights For Survivors

1.) I will not be blamed or shamed for having been a victim. 

2.)  I have the right to be happy. 

3.)  I have the right to be free of all forms of abuse: physical, mental, emotional, psychological or sexual. 

4.) I have the right to feel my feelings. 

5.) I have the right to take care of myself. 

6.) I have the right to have my needs met. 

7.) I have the right to make choices.

8.) I have the right to be loved in a healthy way.

9.) I have the right to live without fear.

10.) I have the right to express myself.

11.) I have the right to forgive myself for things in the past.

Excerpt from Healing Your Life: Recovery from Domestic Abuse by Candace A. Hennekens 

Domestic Violence Statistics

  •  1,493 known family violence-related fatalities in Georgia totaled 1,493; a 57% increase from 2012-2021. 
  •  212 known family violence related fatalities in Georgia in 2021 
  •  There were 42,031 family violence incidents reported to law enforcement in 2020 
  •  In 2020, 69% of victims in family violence incidents reported to law enforcement were female and 31% were male 
  •   In 2020, the overall "extension rate," or the rate at which Emergency TPOs were extended into a longer-term TPO (6-month, 12-month, 3-year), was 39%. 
  •  There were 27,894 family violence and stalking Temporary Protective Orders (TPOs) issued in 2020 
  •  There was a 49% increase in family violence-related fatalities from 2020 to 2021
  •  Family violence-related murder-suicide fatalities increased 76% from 2020 to 2021.  
  •  In 2021, firearms were the cause of death in 85% of all family violence-related fatalities 
  • In 2021, there were 114,640 crisis calls to Georgia's certified family violence and sexual assault agencies, a 20% increase from 2020 crisis calls
  •  In 2021, 95% of family violence-related murder-suicide incidents were perpetrated by a male and 5% were perpetrated by a female 
  •  A firearm was the cause of death in 94% of all family violence-related murder-suicide fatalities in 2021 


Georgia ranks 10th in the nation for the rate at which women are killed by men. 


930 Georgians were killed by firearm in domestic violence incidents between 2010 and 2019. 

The vast majority - roughly 70% - of domestic violence deaths in Georgia each year are committed using firearms. 





*Stats were provided by Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Georgia Commission of Family Violence*


Additional Information

GCFV

Why Domestic Violence Victims Don't Leave

Watch this TED Talk, "Why Domestic Violence Victims Don't Leave," by Leslie Morgan Steiner, survivor, advocate, and author of Crazy Love: A Memoir.

Domestic Violence Resources

Click For More Information
Georgia Coalition AGainst Domestic ViolenceNational Coalition Against Domestic ViolenceOffice on Violence Against Women AhimsaRed RoverGeorgia Violence Fatality ReportMen Stopping Violence

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Ste. 203

Blue Ridge, Ga 30513


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