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Connects people in Delaware to essential resources throughout the state. Services are free, confidential, and available in multiple languages.

Sexual Assault/ Agresión Sexual

YWCA Delaware Sexual Assault Response Center (Spanish available)
- 1-800-773-8570
- New Castle/Kent/Sussex County
- Services: YWCA SARC provides statewide 24/7 SARC Helpline, crisis intervention, accompaniment (hospital, police, and court), aftercare community health case management, individual and group counseling, civil legal referral services. The team also provides connection to social and community resources and prevention education and outreach.

ContactLifeline (Spanish Available)
- 1-800-262-9800
- Rape Crisis Service: Kent/Sussex County

Crisis Helpline: Statewide
- Services: Contact Lifeline offers individual, family, and group therapy sessions for survivors of sexual violence and their loved ones. The services are at no cost. If you are someone you know is a survivor of a sexual assault, regardless of whether it just happened or happened many years ago, offers the following assistance: telephone counseling, information and referrals, in-person support and advocacy (hospitals, police stations, and courts), and individual counseling for survivors, friends and family.

ContactLifeline, Inc.- Wilmington, 19809
- http://www.contactlifeline.org
- 302-761-9100 (Hotline)

ContactLifeline, Inc.- Milford
- http://www.contactlifeline.org
- 302-761-9100 (Hotline)

Domestic Violence:

‍24 Hour Domestic Violence Hotlines: (Spanish available)
- New Castle County: 302-762-6110
- Kent County: 302-422-8058
- Sussex County: 302-745-9874

Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- Business hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday
- Statewide: 302-658-2958
- Kent and Sussex Counties: 800-701-0456

Domestic Violence Coordinating Council
- Business hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday
- New Castle County: 302-255-0405
- Kent and Sussex Counties: 302-424-7238

DE Victims’ Rights Task Force: Delaware Victim Services
- delawarevictimservices.org
- Allows victims, survivors, family members and others to connect with resources, information and services available in all three counties in the State of Delaware. It is a project of the Delaware Victims’ Rights Task Force.

Love is Respect – Domestic Violence Hotlines (Spanish available) / Línea de ayuda para violencia doméstica (atención en español)
- (866) 331-9474
- Text “loveis” to 22522
- https://www.loveisrespect.org/

Child Abuse

Child Help

Child SA Prevention & Support Guide

Maternal Health

Christiana Women’s Health
- Offers assistance to pregnant women from prenatal care, aftercare, and options. They have case managers which can provide resources like transportation, food assistance etc.
- This website has the various locations of their OB/GYNs offices: Obstetrics and Gynecology – Christiana Care

The Birth Center- Women’s Holistic Health Care Non-profit
- Offers assistance with birth planning, doulas, practitioners, post-partum. It is a non-profit located in Newark.
- The Birth Center Holistic Women’s Health Care | The Birth Center Wilmington DE

Children and Families First- DE
- Offers assistance with pregnancy/prenatal health, childcare programs and subsidies, family support etc.
- Children & Families First | Delaware | Prevention Intervention Healing

A Better Chance for Our Children- DE
- Offers adoption services in the state of DE. Assistance with the adoption process, foster care, and post adoption support.
- A Better Chance for Our Children Delaware – ABCFOC

First State Abortion Fund
- Offers financial assistance to individuals living in DE with abortion care.
- First State Abortion Fund | Need help with an abortion?

Legal Resources:

Delaware Volunteer Legal Services (DVLS)
- Contact: 302-478-8680:
- Site: dvls.org

Community Legal Aid Society (CLASI) (Spanish Available)
- Site: declasi.org
- New Castle County: 302-575-0660
- Kent County: 302-735-8073
- Sussex County: 302-855-7455

Delaware State Police Victim Services Statewide
- 800-842-8461
- 24/7 Hotline: 800-VICTIM-1

Dover Police Victim Services
- 302-736-7134
- Services: 24 hour Crisis Intervention, Trauma Informed Care for victims and survivors

Victim Services Specialist
- ‍302-576-3975
- Services: Support for victims or witnesses of violent crime, Help with criminal justice system questions, Assistance applying for Victim Compensation, Referrals to social services and community resources, Domestic Violence information, referral and safety planning.

Youth Response Unit
- 302-576-3183
- Services: A partnership between the City of Wilmington Police Department, the Delaware Division of Prevention and Behavioral Health Services (DPBHS) and A Seed of Hope Counseling. A Seed of Hope Counseling is contracted by DPBHS to provide mental health treatment for identified children. Clinicians work with both the children and the families to offer free, voluntary trauma assessment and short-term counseling services after a traumatic event.