If you need help now, go to a safe place, pick up the phone and call our hotline at 816-471-5800. Advocates are on duty 24 hours a day to help you.

Any woman, regardless of age, class, education, religion, economic status or lifestyle is a potential victim of domestic violence. Domestic violence isn't limited to physical injury. Other types of abuse include emotional, sexual and economic. Women who are or are being abused often suffer from a variety of confusing emotions including fear, desperation, anger and shame.

Numbers to know:

816-471-5800 | Newhouse Hotline

816-HOTLINE | Metro Hotline

816-531-0233 | MOCSA (Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault)

1-800-392-3738 | Child Abuse Hotline

1-800-392-0210 | Elder Abuse Hotline

1-800-799-7233 or 1-800-787-3224 (TTY) | National Domestic Violence Hotline

Domestic violence is real. Find out more about the signs of abuse at The Missouri Coalition Against Domestic Violence.