Abuse

Indiana University Protective Order Project

URL	http://law.indiana.edu/students/activities/protective/
Contact	Professor Seth Lahn (Faculty Advisor)
Phone	(812) 855-4800
Email	slahn [at] indiana [dot] edu
Address	IU Maurer School of Law, room 010 Bloomington, IN 47405
Description	The Protective Order Project is a student-directed service at the IU Maurer School of Law designed to help victims of domestic abuse obtain civil protective orders from the court, with the goal of preventing further abuse, both by restraining the abuser and by empowering the victim.
Subjects	Abuse Legal Aid

Indiana Department of Child Services

URL	http://www.in.gov/dcs/
Contact	Steven Vaughn (Director of Local DCS Office in Monroe County)
Phone	812-336-6351
Email	steven [dot] vaughn [at] dcs [dot] in [dot] gov
Hours	8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
Description	The Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) protects children from abuse and neglect. DCS does this by partnering with families and communities to provide safe, nurturing, and stable homes, with the hopes that children will thrive from safe, caring, supportive families and communities. Child Protection Services (24 hrs hotline) (812) 336-6641 National hotline 1-800-800-5556
Subjects	Abuse Child abuse Child Welfare Children Emergency Services Foster children Foster Home Care

Women of Domestic Violence Support Group

URL	http://www.middlewayhouse.org/
Phone	(812) 333-7404
Hours	Call for more information.
Description	The Middle Way House mission is to provide a safe and supportive atmosphere, information and education for women who need to address the violence and other forms of oppression in their lives.
Subjects	Abuse Rape Support Groups Wife Abuse Women

Monroe County Adult Protective Services

URL	http://www.co.monroe.in.us/tsd/Justice/Prosecutor/AdultProtectiveServices.aspx
Contact	Wendy Scott (Director)
Phone	(812) 349-2665
Email	APS10 [at] co [dot] monroe [dot] in [dot] us
Address	120 W. Seventh St. One City Centre, Ste. 210 Bloomington, IN 47404
Hours	Monday through Friday, 8am - 4pm
Description	Adult Protective Service (APS) Units were established to protect endangered adults in Indiana and to provide protective services to these individuals.
Phone	(800) 992-6978
Subjects	Abuse Developmentally disabled Senior Citizens Telephone Hotlines

Middle Way House, Inc.: Shelter for Abused Women and Their Children

URL	http://www.middlewayhouse.org/
Phone	(812) 333-7404
Description	CRISIS LINE is 24 Hrs. Long Distance callers can call collect. Mission: To end violence, both structural and interpersonal, in the lives of women and children.
Phone	(812) 336-0846
Address	P.O. Box 95 Bloomington, IN 47402
Subjects	Abuse Emergency Services Homeless persons Shelters Speakers Bureaus Telephone Hotlines Wife Abuse Women

Court Appointed Special Advocates - CASA

URL	http://www.monroecountycasa.org/
Contact	Kristin Bishay (CASA Director)
Phone	(812) 333-2272
Email	info [at] monroecountycasa [dot] org
Address	One City Centre 120 West 7th Street, Suite 110 Bloomington,, IN 47404
Description	Provides trained community volunteers to advocate on behalf of abused and neglected children in the Monroe County juvenile court. "To help ensure that the abused and neglected children of Monroe County live in safe, permanent homes and have the opportunity to reach their full potential."
Phone	1-800-800-5556
Subjects	Abuse Child abuse Children Volunteers