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Finding Help
Services And Resources
Domestic Abuse Intervention Services provides information and
many services to help you sort out your options and decide what
is right for you.
You have the right to feel safe from
physical harm and emotional abuse.
No one deserves to be abused!
All our services are wheelchair-accessible, including the safe house. The crisis line has a Telephone Device for the Deaf (TDD).
Support and advocacy for you and your children
- A 24-hour help/crisis line (608-251-4445, 1-800-747-4045), staffed by trained volunteers and a full-time staff
- Support groups
- Assistance in obtaining social services and making use of community resources
- Housing advocacy to help you find safe, affordable housing for yourself and your family
- Legal assistance for dealing with the courts, filing for a
restraining order, going through legal procedures, obtaining a lawyer
Emergency safe house for you and your children
- housing, food, and clothing
- a comfortable, secure home run cooperatively by the staff, you, and other residents
- trained staff to help you seek legal, medical, and social services
- support and counseling for your children and an opportunity for them to have positive social experiences
- follow-up services, such as support groups and continued help from an advocate, after you leave the safe house
Sheltering Animals of Abuse Victims (SAAV)
Domestic abuse is about the power and control an
abuser exercises over the abused. Abusers
often use pets to leverage power over the family through
threats, cruelty, and even death. Statistics show that many
victims and children of victims remain in violent situations
because they are afraid of leaving their pets behind. This is a
choice no one should ever have to make.
The SAAV Program
may allow victims staying in shelter at DAIS at the time of
intake into the program to place pets in temporary, safe and
confidential foster care for a period of up to 90 days.
The SAAV Program is a collaboration by DAIS, the Dane
County Humane Society www.giveshelter.org and
Wisconsin United for Furry Friends
(WUFF) www.wuffinfo.org
Referrals to other agencies
- Job training, legal services, counseling for you or your children, child care, housing
- Counseling services for batterers who want help
- Services for problems related to child abuse, sexual abuse, or alcohol and drug use
If you are concerned about someone you know who you think is being abused, please see
Helping Someone You Know for ideas on how to help.
http://www.abuseintervention.org
info@abuseintervention.org
Business Office: (608) 251-1237
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