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Volunteer Legal Services Program of The Bar Association of San Francisco

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Family/Domestic Violence

• Website: www.acf.hhs.gov/acf_services.html

Domestic Violence (National Domestic Violence Hotline)
Phone: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233);
TTY: 1-800-787-3224

U.S. Department of Justice, National Sex Offender Public

• www.nsopr.gov/
• Index of major pages on the U.S. Department of Justice Web site

The Bar Association of San Francisco – Volunteer Legal Services Program (VLSP)

  Website: www.sfbar.org/volunteer/index.aspx

VLSP provides pro bono legal services.

465 California Street, Suite 1100
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: 1-415-982-1600
Email: vlsp@sfbar.org

Child Support Network

  Website: www.childsupport.com

Child Support Network (CSN) is a specialized service company that locates missing parents and collects court ordered family support payments. Family support includes child support, spousal support, medical support, and educational support. We are the alternative to overburdened state child support agencies.

The CSN collection team is made up of seasoned, experienced collectors using state-of-the-art computer systems. Their approach is firm but professional and is based on years of proven results.

CSN is licensed and bonded, and they are a member of the Single Parents Association and the American Collectors Association.

NationalChildSupport

  Website: www.nationalchildsupport.com

National Child Support has the nation's leading experts at helping parents collect delinquent child support.

Support Collectors

  Website: www.supportcollectors.com

Support Collectors is a private child support collection and enforcement agency that offers its services to parents nationwide.

SupportGuidelines.com

  Website: www.supportguidelines.com/main.html

SupportGuidelines.com is the comprehensive resource for the interpretation and application of child support guidelines in the United States. Because the law of child support depends heavily on the construction of child support guidelines, this site provides access to the actual text of the child support guidelines for all fifty states and the District of Columbia.

  This is the only site that provides access to all on-line child support guidelines.

Supportkids

  Website: www.supportkids.com

Supportkids is the nation's leading private child support collection company. The company has over 175 dedicated child support services professionals.

National Domestic Violence Hotline

  Website: www.ndvh.org

If you or someone you know is frightened about something in your relationship, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or TTY 1-800-787-3224.

National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA)

  Website: www.trynova.org

NOVA is a private, non-profit organization of victim and witness assistance programs and practitioners, criminal justice agencies and professionals, mental health professionals, researchers, former victims and survivors, and others committed to the recognition and implementation of victim rights and services.

The National Center for Youth Law (NCYL)

  Website: www.youthlaw.org

NCYL uses the law to improve the lives of poor children. NCYL works to ensure that low-income children have the resources, support, and opportunities they need for a healthy and productive future. Much of NCYL's work is focused on poor children who are additionally challenged by abuse and neglect, disability, or other disadvantage.

405 14th Street, 15th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: 1-510-835-8098
Fax: 1- 510-835-8099
Email: info@youthlaw.org

The National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC)

  Website: www.ncvc.org

NCVC is the nation's leading resource and advocacy organization for crime victims and those who serve them. Since its inception in 1985, the National Center has worked with grassroots organizations and criminal justice agencies throughout the United States serving millions of crime victims.

The mission of NCVC is to forge a national commitment to help victims of crime rebuild their lives. We are dedicated to serving individuals, families, and communities harmed by crime.
2000 M Street NW, Suite 480
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 1-202-467-8700
Fax: 1-202-467-8701

Legal Momentum (formerly NOW)

  Website: www.legalmomentum.org

Advancing Women’s Rights Since 1970

Founded in 1970 as NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, Legal Momentum is the nation's oldest legal advocacy organization dedicated to advancing the rights of women and girls. Legal Momentum is a leader in establishing litigation and public policy strategies to secure equality and justice for women.

The current programs are:

  The Employment and Housing Rights for Victims of Domestic Violence (EHRVDV) program combines groundbreaking litigation with legislative advocacy and training for advocates, lawyers, employers and landlords to help domestic violence victims all over the country maintain employment and safe housing.

  The Equality Works program uses policy initiatives and impact litigation to challenge discrimination and expand opportunities for women working in historically male-dominated fields, such as the skilled trades and firefighting. Jobs in these fields offer excellent wages and benefits, providing long-term economic security to women who might otherwise be forced into low-wage, dead-end jobs.

  The Immigrant Women program is the nation’s expert on the rights and services available to immigrant victims of domestic and other violence. It shares this expertise through comprehensive materials and trainings for lawyers and advocates nationwide, and leads advocacy for legal protections, social services, and economic justice for immigrant women.

  The National Judicial Education program educates judges, lawyers, law students and other legal professionals, distributes educational materials, and leads the gender bias task force movement to fight gender inequality in legal systems across the country. The program also focuses on the treatment of domestic violence and sexual assault cases in the judicial process. njep@legalmomentum.org

  The Sexuality and Family Rights program works to promote women’s autonomy, protect women’s sexual and reproductive rights, and expose the government’s funding and promotion of policies that limit these rights.

395 Hudson Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10014
Phone: 1-212-925-6635
Fax: 1-212-226-1066

Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)

  Website: www.clasp.org/

CLASP is a national nonprofit that works to improve the lives of low-income people. CLASP’s mission is to improve the economic security, educational and workforce prospects, and family stability of low-income parents, children, and youth and to secure equal justice for all.

1015 15th Street NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 1-202-906-8000
Fax: 1-202-842-2885

Legal Services Corporation (LCS)

  Website: www.lsc.gov

LSC provides civil legal assistance to those in need. LSC funds 138 legal aid programs with over 900 offices around the nation to help poor Americans gain equal access to the judicial system.

Legal Services Corporation
3333 K Street, NW, 3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20007-3522
Phone: 1-202-295-1500
Fax: 1-202-337-6797
Email: info@lsc.gov

National Partnership for Women & Families

  Website: www.nationalpartnership.org

The National Partnership for Women & Families is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that uses public education and advocacy to promote fairness in the workplace, quality health care, and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands of work and family.

1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 650
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: 1-202-986-2600
Fax: 1-202-986-2539
Email: info@nationalpartnership.org

CyberAngels

  Website: www.cyberangels.org

CyberAngels is one of the oldest and most respected online safety education programs in the world. The program is a virtual learning community - earning a prominent position among online safety education providers.

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

  Website: www.missingkids.com

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Charles B. Wang International Children's Building
699 Prince Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3175
Phone: 1-703-274-3900
Fax: 1-703-274-2200
Hotline: 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678)

GetNetWise

  Website: www.getnetwise.org

GetNetWise is a public service brought to you by Internet industry corporations and public interest organizations to help ensure that Internet users have safe, constructive, and educational or entertaining online experiences.

U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)

  Website: www.ovw.usdoj.gov/

OVW is committed to raising awareness and supporting training and services responding to incidents of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)

  Website: www.ncjrs.gov

NCJRS offers a range of services and resources, balancing the information needs of the field with the technological means to receive and access support.

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data

  Website: www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/index.html

Facilitates research in criminal justice and criminology, through the preservation, enhancement, and sharing of computerized data resources; through the production of original research based on archived data; and through specialized training workshops in quantitative analysis of crime and justice data.

National Consumers League’s Fraud Center

  Website: www.fraud.org

NCL gives consumers the information they need to avoid becoming victims of telemarketing and Internet fraud and to help them get their complaints to law enforcement agencies quickly and easily.

Child Support

  Website: www.acf.hhs.gov/opa/fact_sheets/cse_factsheet.html

All States and territories run a child support enforcement program, usually in the human services department, department of revenue, or the State Attorney General’s office, often with the help of prosecuting attorneys, district attorneys, other law enforcement agencies and officials of family or domestic relations courts. Native American Tribes, too, can operate culturally appropriate child support programs with Federal funding. Families seeking government child support services must apply directly through their state/local agency or one of the tribes running the program. Services are available to a parent with custody of a child whose other parent is living outside the home. Services are available automatically for families receiving assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Services within the CSE: locating non-custodial parents, establishing paternity, establishing support orders, collecting support payments, services for Non-Custodial parents.

Family and Youth Services Bureau

  Website: www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/

The mission of the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) is to provide national leadership on youth and family issues. The Bureau promotes positive outcomes for children, youth, and families by supporting a wide range of comprehensive services and collaborations at the local, Tribal, State, and national levels.

Services: Youth Development, Family Violence, Abstinence Education Divisions, Positive Youth Development.

ChildCare.gov

  Website: http://www.childcare.gov

ChildCare.gov is a comprehensive online resource designed to link parents, child care providers, researchers, policymakers and the general public with Federal Government sponsored child care and early learning information and resources both quickly and easily.

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