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Richmond Virginia (VA) Domestic Violence and Child Abuse
Here is a comprehensive list
of Domestic Violence and Child Abuse volunteer opportunities.
| Name | Description |
| Andrea Roberts Outreach Services ( AROS) | AROS, Inc. helps people to grasp empowerment and personal growth. We provide awareness about violent behaviors in the lives of individuals and communities. We are focused on role modeling positive relationships for troubled youth. The need to reduce violence is imperative and our focus on individuals is an effective way to meet the need. |
| Center for the Study and Prevention of Youth Violence | The goals of the VCU Center for the Study and Prevention of Youth Violence are to identify pertinent community and university needs and resources in the area of youth violence prevention and support the implementation and evaluation of effective prevention strategies. |
| ESCAPe Youth Violence Prevention | ESCAPE: Enhancing State Capacity to Address Child and Adolescent Health through Violence Prevention |
| Greater Richmond Stop Child Abuse Now | Greater Richmond SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now) is a local nonprofit organization dedicated solely to the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect in the Greater Richmond area. |
| Hanover Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) | The Hanover CASA Program advocates for the best interests of children involved in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court process. The CASA program recruits, trains and supervises competent volunteers dedicated to representing the needs of abused and neglected children, as well as other children in juvenile dependency cases. |
| The Hanover Domestic Violence Task Force ( Hanover Safe Place) | The Hanover Domestic Violence Task Force, Inc. was created in 1990 by a small group of citizens concerned by the increasing incidents of domestic violence in Hanover County. In 1994, the Task Force became incorporated and began working to increase services to victims of domestic violence. |
| Henrico County Court Appointed Special Advocates, Inc. (CASA) |
The CASA program is a non-profit organization committed to advocating for the best interests of children involved in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court process. |
| The James House | The James House is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide comprehensive, cost-free services to people who have experienced sexual violence, domestic violence, and stalking who reside in the communities of Colonial Heights, Hopewell, Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Surry, Enon, and Matoaca, Virginia. |
| Not with these Hands | Our mission is to increase dialogue and civic engagement around issues of violence and to link people to violence prevention resources in the Greater Richmond community. |
| Prevent Child Abuse Virginia | Prevent Child Abuse Virginia, a statewide, private, nonprofit organization, leads a coalition of community partners across the Commonwealth. We are committed to preventing child abuse and neglect through actions taken as leaders, advocates, educators and collaborators. |
| Richmond Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) | Richmond CASA advocated for 50% of the city's nearly 517 children who came before the court for abuse and neglect in FY 2004. |
| Safe Harbor | In April 2000, Safe Harbor opened to help solve a region-wide shortage of confidential shelters for abused women and children. Only three other confidential shelters exist - the Y.W.C.A.'s facilities in Chesterfield and the city of Richmond, and Hanover Safe Place, which can serve a maximum of 44 people. Safe Harbor can house an additional 8 women and children in our residential setting. We serve victims throughout the region, but we are especially important to Henrico County where no other shelters exist. |
| Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) | Greater Richmond SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now) is a local nonprofit organization dedicated solely to the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect in the Greater Richmond area. |
| Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance | Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance envisions a world where relationships between people are respectful, healthy and safe. |
| Volunteer Emergency Families for Children | Volunteer Emergency Families for Children's mission is helping children and youth in crisis. VEFC recruits, trains and supports volunteers who provide short-term shelter care and mentoring to abused, neglected, runaway, homeless and at-risk children and youth in Virginia. |
| YWCA of Greater Richmond | Caring for Richmond/Southside women and their families. Area's largest crisis center for raped and battered women providing two confidential shelters, two 24-hour hotlines, individual and support group counseling and public education programs. Licensed, affordable and structured after-school child care and greater Richmond's only free day care center for children from homeless families. |