Teen Dating Violence
(Related pages include: Child Support / Custody, Child Sexual Abuse / Assault / Violence, Children & Youth, Child Protection / Welfare, Girls and DELTA.)

Break the Cycle – engages, educates and empowers youth to build lives and communities free from dating and domestic violence, Los Angeles, CA and Washington, DC. Dating Violence 101.

Choose Respect, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – teaches young teens and caring adults in their lives about dating abuse prevention and healthy relationships, Atlanta, GA.

The Date Safe Project – through interactive presentations, educational resources, and unique national initiatives, The Date Safe Project is committed to being the nation’s leading organization for teaching how "asking first" makes all the difference in creating safer intimacy and in decreasing occurrences of sexual assault, Greenfield, WI.

Dating Matters: Understanding Teen Dating Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in partnership with Liz Claiborne Inc. – a 60-minute, interactive training designed to help educators, youth-serving organizations, and others working with teens understand the risk factors and warning signs associated with teen dating violence, Atlanta, GA. CDC website, Announcement and Fact Sheet.

Dating Violence Intervention Program, Transition House – provides education, intervention, and youth empowerment through classroom education and peer leader training to local youth. The DVIP program prevents teens from accepting violence in their relationships and teaches healthy and respectful standards of behavior, Cambridge, MA.

Dating Violence Resource Center, The National Center for Victims of Crime, Washington, DC.

Deana’s Educational Theater – preventing bullying, dating/domestic violence and sexual assault by developing and producing high impact programs to promote healthy relationships. Our professional actors are specially trained to lead dynamic discussions following each performance. Deana's Educational Theater now has the Yellow Dress available on DVD, Stoneham, MA.

EndDatiingViolence.com, Break the Cycle and the Mary Kay Foundation. Petition.

[Ending Violence], Break the Cycle – an innovative curriculum that will provide you with tools to help teens prevent and safely end abusive relationships, understand their legal rights and responsibilities and create a framework for building healthy relationships in the future.

Face the Issue Campaign, Abuse: Does he tell you he loves you when he's hitting you? You're not alone. Copyright © 2003, ijane inc.

GirlsAllowed – providing young girls with information, food for thought and resources that can help them identify, build and maintain healthy relationships as they go through life. Equally important, girls can learn how to identify and avoid unhealthy relationships, Bloomington, IL.

Healthy Teen Relationships, FaithTrust Institute, Seattle, WA.

Hear My Voice – the campaign was created by Break the Cycle to educate and engage young people in the LGBTQ community to create safe and healthy relationships, and connect victims of dating abuse to help and legal services in their community, Los Angeles, CA.

In Their Shoes: Teens and Dating Violence – a revolutionary training tool for adults who work with teens. Developed by the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic VIolence, participants learn what dating is like for today's teens by becoming a teen character, making choices about their relationship and seeing the results, Olympia and Seattle, WA.

Jennifer Ann's Group, The Jennifer Ann Crecente Memorial Group – the foremost goal is to educate others about the very real danger of teen dating violence. They have educational cards that help to identify abusive relationships as well as offer practical advice on how to protect yourself. Contact cards@jenniferann.org to request free educational cards.

Keep Safe Stay Cool – a program empowering all young people to choose healthy relationships and to instigate social change by considering interpersonal violence as a violation of human rights.

Know the Red Flags about Dating Violence – designed to help young adults form healthy relationships by learning to spot and deal with the warning signs of dating violence, Texas Council on Family Violence, Austin, TX.

Lindsay Ann Burke Memorial Fund – supports the prevention of relationship violence primarily through the education of teens, parents, educators, and the public, North Kingstown, RI.

Love Is Not Abuse, Liz Claiborne, Inc., New York, NY.

m.powerment by mark. – a philanthropic initiative committed to breaking the cycle of dating abuse and partner violence. Women ages 16-24 experience the highest rates of partner violence, and mark want to change the statistics.

MADE (Moms and Dads for Education to Stop Teen Dating Violence) – a national coalition of parents, teachers and concerned citizens who are advocates for ensuring that every middle school and high school in the country is teaching a curriculum on preventing dating relationship violence and abuse.

National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline – Loveisrespect.org 1-866-331-9474 and 1-866-331-8453 TTY – a resource that can be accessed by internet or phone. The Helpline offers real-time one-on-one support from trained advocates and provides resources for teens, parents, friends and family, advocates, government officials, law enforcement officials and the general public. All communication is confidential and anonymous.

National Teen Dating Violence Prevention Initiative, American Bar Association, Chicago, IL.

Preventing Teen Dating Violence, Blue Shield of California Foundation, San Francisco, CA.

Reach Out New Hampshire – Love Shouldn’t Hurt, New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, and New Hampshire Governor's Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence. Copyright © 2004 New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence.

The Red Flag Campaign, Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance – public awareness campaign to address dating violence and promote the prevention of dating violence on college campuses, Charlottesville, Richmond and Toano, VA.

Relationship Abuse Prevention Project – a project of the Family Violence Law Center, Oakland, CA.

Respect WORKS! – integrates Hazelden Publishing's evidence-based Safe Dates with Break the Cycle's School Policy Kit, [Ending Violence] and Speak.Act.Change programs to give middle and highschools, youth service providers and domestic violence agencies the tools they need to respond effectively to teen dating violence issue on and off campus.

The SAFE Space.org – provides a Speak Out, an "Ask Anything Column," and information on relationships, where to get help, safety planning, restraining orders, how to help others, and being safe online, Break the Cycle, Los Angeles, CA.

Selected Statewide (Texas) Resources, Teen Dating Violence Prevention Team.

See it. Stop it. Get organized. Speak up against abuse. – a web site created by teens in Massachusetts to help other teens take a stand against relationship violence. It includes a gallery of print, radio, and TV ads, Boston, MA.

Sex 'N' Respect – working to create communities free of sexual violence; where young people are enjoying positive, respectful and pleasurable experiences of sexuality and relationships free of pressure, coercion, harm or violence, Grey Lynn, Auckland, NZ.

Sex, Etc. – is on a mission to improve teen sexual health across the country! Each year, seven million young people visit Sexetc.org and thousands read out national magazine to get honest and accurate sexual health information. We've helped teens with answers to their questions about sex and relationships, pregnancy, STDs, birth control, sexual orientation and more!

Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships – is the largest initiative ever funded to target 11- to 14-year-olds and rally entire communities to promote healthy relationships as the way to prevent teen dating violence and abuse. We are bringing together a wide variety of partners in 11 communities across the country to tackle the issue and to empower young people to support safe and healthy relationships and ensure violence and abuse are never tolerated, San Francisco, CA.

Step Up Speak Out, Nebraska Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Coalition – a campaign aimed at young adults, ages 16-24, to increase awareness of the many images of violence against women that they see in today’s media, how these images contribute to the use of violence in relationships, and how to intervene appropriately when they witness behaviors that contribute to this problem, Lincoln, NE.

Teen Dating Violence, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.

Teen Dating Violence, Massachusetts Department of Education, Malden, MA.

Teen Dating Violence, Michigan Domestic Violence Prevention & Treatment Board, Lansing, MI.

Teen Dating Violence, National Conference of State Legislatures – includes 2011 and 2012 introduced legislation, state laws and students who experienced dating violence, Washington, DC.

Teen Dating Violence, National Criminal Justice Reference Service, Washington, DC.

Teen Dating Violence, National Institute of Justice, Washington, DC.

Teen Dating Violence Prevention Project – a collaborative national effort to raise public awareness, increase critical services and support efforts to build healthy relationships and prevent dating abuse, Washington, DC.

Teen Justice Initiative, Texas Advocacy Project – provides information on dating violence, unhealthy relationships, where victims can get help, tips on how to stay safe and legal rights, Austin, TX.

Teen Victim Project, The National Center for Victims of Crime, Washington, DC.

teenpcar.com – R.A.P.E. (Resistance, Ability, Power, Equality), Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, Enola, PA.

TeensThinkWhat.com, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape – Ever wonder what your teens are thinking? We asked them, and their responses might surprise you. When it comes to sexual violence, our kids are confused and wise beyond their years all at once. The fact is that teens are at the highest risk for sexual violence, and one in four girls and one in six guys will be victimized by age 18. It's a tough subject, but teens need your help to get the facts straight. Read on to learn about the issues and for tips on how you, as a parent, can respond, Enola, PA.

That's Not Cool.com – attempting to raise awareness about digital dating abuse and stop it before it gets worse. Sponsored and co-created by Futures Without Violence, the Ad Council and the Office on Violence Against Women, the site is designed to address new and complicated problems between teens who are dating or hooking up – problems like constant and controlling texting, pressuring for rude pictures, and breaking into someone's e-mail or social networking page, San Francisco, CA.

A Thin Line – MTV's campaign was developed to empower you to identify, respond to and stop the spread of digital abuse in your life and amongst your peers. The campaign is built upon the understanding that there's a "thin line" between what may begin as a harmless joke and something that could end up having a serious impact on you or someone else. We know no generation has ever had to deal with this, so we want to partner with you to help figure it out. On-air, online and on your cell, we hope to spark a conversation and deliver information that helps you draw your own digital line.

TNblue.org, Tennessee Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence – What is consent? What is sexual assault? What is teen dating violence?, Nashville, TN.

Training Camps for Life and LiveRespect Pledge, National Football League Players Association, A CALL TO MEN and the Verizon Foundation.

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