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Websites for Teen Violence Prevention
7/21/2008

Hotlines

National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-SAFE (7233), 1-800-787-3224 (TTY)

National Hopeline Network:
1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433)

National Runaway Hotline:
1-800-621-4000, 1-800-621-0394 (TDD)

Websites for Teen Violence Prevention

Bullying

GirlsHealth
www.girlshealth.gov/
GirlsHealth.gov is a website about girls’ health. It includes several topics related to violence (Relationships, Bullying, and Safety). The relationships section includes information on parents, siblings, friends, and dating. Quizzes and interactive images make it fun. This website is for young female teens (ages 10 to 16).

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
www.safeyouth.org/
Contains fact sheets on a broad range of violence topics that affect teens. Each fact sheet has an introduction, what you can do, helpful links, and resources. Topics cover aggression, bullying, hate crimes, school violence, suicide, teen dating violence, gangs, and more.

Stop Bullying Now
www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/
Contains resources for teens that are bullies and teens who are the victims of bullies. It explains what bullying is, what teens can do, and has games and interactive activities

Family Violence

Break the Cycle
www.breakthecycle.org/
Empowering youth to end domestic violence, Break the Cycle features information for teen on several types of violence. It covers violence in the home, what to do if you are personally experiencing intimate partner violence, and how to help a friend who is experiencing IPV.

Family Violence Prevention Fund
www.endabuse.org/
Teens and Partner Violence Prevention

GirlsHealth
www.girlshealth.gov/
GirlsHealth.gov is a website about girls’ health. It includes several topics related to violence (Relationships, Bullying, and Safety). The relationships section includes information on parents, siblings, friends, and dating. Quizzes and interactive images make it fun. This website is for young female teens (ages 10 to 16).

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
www.safeyouth.org/
Contains fact sheets on a broad range of violence topics that affect teens. Each fact sheet has an introduction, what you can do, helpful links, and resources. Topics cover aggression, bullying, hate crimes, school violence, suicide, teen dating violence, gangs, and more.

Gangs

L.A. Bridges
www.lacity.org/
L.A. Bridges is a multidimensional program working on gang prevention, gang intervention, and community action.

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
www.safeyouth.org/
Contains fact sheets on a broad range of violence topics that affect teens. Each fact sheet has an introduction, what you can do, helpful links, and resources. Topics cover aggression, bullying, hate crimes, school violence, suicide, teen dating violence, gangs, and more.

Street Gangs.com
www.streetgangs.com/
Features contact information for organizations working on youth anti-violence programs in Southern California.

Intimate Partner Abuse

Choose Respect
www.chooserespect.org/
Developed by the CDC, this website is for 11 to 14 year-olds. Its goal is to prevent intimate partner violence by teaching positive, respectful relationships when teens are first starting to date. Get the facts in their section on healthy and unhealthy relationships.

Family Violence Prevention Fund
www.endabuse.org/
Teen Dating Violence Resource List

Love is Not Abuse
www.loveisnotabuse.com/
The Love Is Not Abuse Curriculum is a step-by step guide to teaching high school students about the issue of dating violence. Using literature and poetry, this program provides teachers with the tools to teach about this sensitive subject and is intended to be taught in either Health or English/Language Arts classes. Featuring informtion on how to talk to your friends about dating violence, quizzes, warning signs, and real teen stories, the “Just for Teens” section is really tailored to teens.

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
www.safeyouth.org/
Contains fact sheets on a broad range of violence topics that affect teens. Each fact sheet has an introduction, what you can do, helpful links, and resources. Topics cover aggression, bullying, hate crimes, school violence, suicide, teen dating violence, gangs, and more.

SafeNetwork: California ’s Domestic Violence Resource
www.safenetwork.net/
Resource Directory Agency Listing. This directory includes the contact information for 150 agencies that provide domestic violence services in California . Services include emergency shelters, transitional living, counseling, education/prevention, advocacy, and health services providers.

See It and Stop It!
www.seeitandstopit.org/
Explains how to help a friend who is experiencing or committing intimate partner violence. Also includes specific tips for “victims” and “abusers.”

Runaways/ Street Children

Children of the Night
www.childrenofthenight.org/
Rescuing America’s Children from Prostitution. Services for children (11 to 17 years old) who are forced into prostitution.

National Runaway Switchboard
www.nrscrisisline.org/
Hotline provides help for teens that ran away or are thinking about running away.