Local and National Resources

Sexual Assault Legal Institute: (301) 565-2277, https://mcasa.org/survivors/sali#services 
Women’s Law Center of Maryland: (410) 386-2440, http://www.wlcmd.org/ 
Maryland Legal Aid: https://www.mdlab.org/# 
MD Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services Criminal Injuries Compensation Board: 
https://www.justice.gov/ovw 
Maryland Crime Victims Resource Center: https://www.mdcrimevictims.org/ 
Protection Order Advocacy and Representation Project (POARP) 410-386-2440 
Victim Information and Notification Everyday (VINE): 
https://apprisssafety.com/solutions/vine/?wvideo=3072uggwvo

Additional information and resources: 

National Resources

For Department of Defense employees: 

To reach a national hotline/online chat/text support: 

National Child Abuse Hotline: (800) 422-4453, https://www.childhelp.org/hotline/ 
National Domestic Violence Hotline: (800) 799-7233, https://www.thehotline.org/ 
National Domestic Violence Hotline (Online Chat): 
https://www.thehotline.org/what-is-live-chat/ 
National Human Trafficking Hotline: (888) 373-7888, https://humantraffickinghotline.org/ 
National Human Trafficking Textline: 233733, https://humantraffickinghotline.org/ 
National Runaway Safeline: (800) 786-2929, https://www.1800runaway.org/ 
National Runaway Safeline Online Chat: 
https://m2.icarol.com/ConsumerRegistration.aspx?org=64382&pid=254&cc=en-US 
National Sexual Assault Hotline: (800) 656-4673, 
https://www.rainn.org/about-national-sexual-assault-telephone-hotline 
National Sexual Assault Online Chat: https://hotline.rainn.org/online 
Loveisrespect Dating Abuse Helpline: (866) 331-9474 or TEXT loveis to 22522 
Loveisrespect Dating Abuse Online Chat: https://www.loveisrespect.org/

For suicide prevention support: 

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: (800) 273-8255, https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ 
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Online Chat): https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/ 
IM ALIVE Network (Online Chat): https://www.imalive.org/

For parenting support and child abuse prevention: 

The Family Tree 24-hour Parenting HelpLine: (800) 243-7337, https://familytreemd.org/ 
Stop It Now: https://www.stopitnow.org/

For information on dating violence: 

For information on digital abuse:

Additional information and resources: 

National Sexual Violence Resource Center: https://www.nsvrc.org/ 
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network: https://www.rainn.org/ 
Office of Justice Office for Victims of Crime: https://ojp.gov/ovc/welcome.html 
U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women: https://www.justice.gov/ov 
Plan B Resources   Click here to download

PFLAG Westminster – Carroll County (pflagwcc.org)
FORGE (For Ourselves: Reworking Gender Expression) & the Transgender Sexual Violence
Project: https://forge-forward.org
LGBT National Hotline: (888) 843-4564
LGBT National Youth Talkine: (800) 246-7743
The Trevor Project Suicide Prevention Hotline: (866) 488-7386