The following is a list of helpful organizations and web sites that can assist someone trying to escape domestic violence. (Some of these resources may be specific to residents of Hendricks County, IN)

24-Hour Crisis Lines

Sheltering Wings(317) 745-1496

211 Connect2Help211

Mission: Connect2Help is a nonprofit agency dedicated to facilitating connections between people who need human services and those who provide them. Connect2Help 2-1-1 is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by highly trained Information and Referral Specialists. Services are available in English and Spanish. Connect2Help 2-1-1 is a free and confidential telephone assistance service to help those in need get information about: food, housing, health care, employment, support groups, parenting, counseling, education, clothing, shelter, volunteering, legal aid and more. Simply dial 2-1-1. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If dialing 2-1-1 does not work from your phone, dial (317) 926-4357.

Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence1 (800) 799-SAFE (7233)

Mission: ICADV is committed to the elimination of domestic violence through: providing public awareness and education; advocating for systemic and societal change; influencing public policy and allocation of resources; educating and strengthening coalition members; and, promoting the availability of quality comprehensive services.

National Domestic Violence Hotline (TDD)1 (800) 787-3224

Children's Services

Child Care Answers(317) 631-4643

Services: Resource and Referral

Mission: Ensure that the children of today and tomorrow are cared for in a professional and nurturing manner and that every parent, child care provider and community leader know the importance of their roles in the development of children.

Day Nursery Association(317) 839-0263

As an advocate for quality child care, Day Nursery provides a variety of programs that support the children, parents, and child care providers in Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, and Shelby counties.

Services: Day care, health and immunization service, balanced meals and snacks, breakfast program, educational programs, school-aged children before and after school and during summer, ages 2 through 8 years

Fees: Based on family income

First Steps(317) 745-7503

Services: Provides services for young children who are considered developmentally vulnerable and their families

Headstart(317) 745-1650

Services: Preschool educational opportunity for 3-5 year old. Center-based three or four mornings or afternoons a week

Eligibility: Income eligibility requirement. Handicapped children ready for mainstreaming, foster children and those receiving AFDC

Healthy Families Hendricks County(317) 745-9426

Services: Support program for all pregnant women and for families with new babies

Hendricks County Department of Family & Children(317) 272-4917

Services: Medicaid, Aid for Dependent Children, Child Welfare, Food Stamps, Hospital Commitment or Medical

Eligibility: Determined on a case-by-case basis after an application has been completed

Hendricks County Health Department(317) 745-9213

Services: Home visits with emphasis on prevention of disease, promotion of health and rehabilitation. Crippled children follow-up, Immunization Clinic, Adult Wellness Clinic, Child Health Clinic, and Dental Screening Clinic

WIC(317) 745-2027

Services: Nutrition Education, supplemental food for pregnant and breast-feeding women and children to age 5

Eligibility: Hendricks County resident

Computers/Technology/Training

Hendricks College Network(317) 745-9265

Counseling Services

Hamilton Center(317) 837-9719

Interact(317) 718-0605

Adult Group Services: Helps client learn more about the cycle of violence, the effects of family violence on children, developing healthy coping skills, developing support systems, and protecting yourself and your children. Each group session lasts one hour, followed by a one-hour domestic violence support group. Most groups are led by a survivor of domestic violence.

Children's Services: While a client attends the sessions, group activities are provided for children. The groups will be adapted to the age of the children and will focus on helping them express their feeling and learn positive coping skills.

Case Management: Helps client with things such as apply for Medicaid, welfare, or food stamps, looking for employment, or finding childcare.

Transportation is available. These programs are free of charge.

Mental Health America of Hendricks County(317) 272-0027

Services: Referral service for emotional or psychiatric problems.

Sudsberry & Associates(317) 272-8138

Emergency Services

Police, Fire, Medical911

Avon(317) 272-4485

Brownsburg(317) 852-1103

Danville(317) 745-5446

Plainfield(317) 838-3565

Indiana State Police(800) 225-8576

Child Abuse Hotline(800) 800-5556

Employment & Job Training

America's Job Bank

Basic Adult Education Center(317) 248-8616

Hendricks County Flyer

Indiana Vocational Rehabilitation Services(317) 232-1571

Indiana's Home Page

Monster Job Bank

Star News

State Job Bank

Sycamore Rehabilitation Services(317) 745-4715

Financial

Brown Township Trustee(317) 852-0899

Trustees can assist eligible township residents with food, medical care, clothing, household goods, shelter, school clothing, utilities, limited transportation, fuel oil, coal, and burial expense. The trustee acts as the township assessor. The assessor identifies, lists and calculates the assessed value of all real and personal property in their township.

Center Township Trustee(317) 745-2813

Clay Township Trustee(765) 386-2049

Communtiy Action Heating Assistance Program(317) 745-2642

Eel River Township Trustee(765) 676-6615

Franklin Township Trustee(317) 539-2667

Guilford Township Trustee(317) 838-0564

Hendricks Co. Division of Family & Children(317) 272-4917

Liberty Township Trustee(317) 539-7944

Lincoln Township Trustee(317) 852-8745

Marion Township Trustee(317) 539-4024

Middle Township Trustee(317) 892-5000

Red Cross - Hendricks County(317) 839-8027

Step Ahead - Childcare Voucher Program(317) 745-0864

Union Township Trustee(317) 994-5506

Washington Township Trustee(317) 272-1835

Food

Christian Support Center(317) 839-8976

Community Action Food Pantry(317) 745-2642

Cornerstone Christian Church Food Pantry(317) 852-2411

Division of Family & Children(317) 272-4917

Food Pantry(317) 852-2411

Food Stamps(317) 272-4917

Light and Life Church(317) 839-5151

Meals On Wheels(317) 745-3469

Mill Creek Christian Support Center Food Pantry(317) 539-6157

Red Cross(317) 839-8027

St. Marks Food Pantry(317) 839-6730

WIC Program(317) 745-2027

Housing

Community Action - Hendricks County(317) 745-2642

Habitat for Humanity of Hendricks Co.(317) 272-1405

Indiana Housing Finance Authority(317) 232-7777

Legal Services

Legal Services(317) 632-5764

Legal Aid(317) 635-9538

Legal Service Organization1 (800) 869-0212

Hendricks Co. Child Support Division(317) 745-9287

National Hotline for Missing Children1 (800) 843-5678

Victim's Assistance Program(317) 745-9283

Medical Care

Clarian West(317) 217-3000

Community Care Center(317) 272-0708

Hendricks County Health Department(317) 745-9217

Hendricks Regional Health(317) 745-4451

Physician Referral(317) 745-3759

Med-Express(317) 839-8484

Medicaid(317) 272-4917

Partners-in-Care(317) 745-9531

Provides medical care, including OB-GYN care, to low income patients for a minimal fee.

Substance Abuse

Adult Children of Alcoholics(317) 592-9626

Al-Anon / Alateen(317) 357-9607

Alcoholics Anonymous(317) 632-7864

American Council for Drug Education1 (800) 488-DRUG

Avon Clinic(317) 839-3356

Behavior Healthcare Counseling Center (Avon)(317) 745-1400

Charter Hospital1 (800) 843-9299, (317) 545-2111

Community Addiction Services of IN(317) 633-8240

Cummins Mental Health Center(317) 272-3330

Division of Mental Health1 (800) WITHIT

Drug Help Services1 (800) COCAINE

Hamilton Center(317) 837-9721

Narcotics Anonymous(317) 875-5459

Positive Directions(317) 441-7695

St. Vincent Stress Center Helpline(317) 841-2300

Utilities

AT&T (formerly Ameritech/Indiana Bell)(317) 556-4200

Brownsburg Water Dept.(317) 852-1102

Danville Water Co.(317) 745-4180

Duke Energy1 (800) 343-3525

Hendricks Power Cooperative(317) 745-5473

Indiana Gas Company (Vectren)1 (800) 777-2060

Indianapolis Power & Light(317) 261-8222

Indianapolis Water Company(317) 631-1431

Websites

American Bar Association Commission on DV

Domestic Violence Network of Greater Indiana

Family Violence Prevention Fund

Indiana Coalition Against DV

Indiana Coalition Against Sexual Assult

Institute on DV in the African American Cmty.

Love Doesn't Have to Hurt Teens

Megan's Law & Crime Victims Center National Helpline(888) 275-7365

Men Stopping Violence

National Domestic Violence Hotline

National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence

Violence Against Women Online Resources