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!

Counseling and advocacy for you and your children

• A 24-hour help/crisis line (608-251-4445) - staffed by trained volunteers and a full-time staff
• Several Weekly support groups
• Advocacy - assistance in obtaining social services and making use of community resources
• Legal assistance - help in dealing with the courts, filing for a restraining order, going through legal procedures, obtaining a lawyer
• Outreach - an advocate can come to you and provide services.

• Housing, food, and clothing for up to thirty days.
• A comfortable, secure home run cooperatively by the staff, you, and other residents.
• Trained staff who 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 shelter.

• Job training, legal services, counseling for you or your children, child care, housing.
• Location of safe, affordable housing for you and your children
• Counseling services for batterers who want help.
• Services for problems related to child abuse, incest, or alcohol and drug use.