Put a Stop to Family Violence - Resource Links
Safeplace - (512) 267-SAFE (7233)
SafePlace is located in Austin and they accept phone calls 24 hours a day. Call
them to create a Safety Plan, to get counseling for you or your children, or if
you have left home and your family needs a place to stay. SafePlace also has counseling
for rape survivors and provides legal advocacy.
Texas Advocacy Project- formerly known as Women’s Advocacy Project - (512) 476-5377
For more information email info@women-law.org.
State of Texas Family Violence Program
Texas Council on Family Violence
Request for Protective Order Kit (.pdf file requires Acrobat Reader)
FAMILY VIOLENCE LEGAL LINE
800-374-HOPE (Statewide)
512-476-5770 (In Austin)
FAMILY LAW HOTLINE
800-777-FAIR (Statewide)
512-476-1866 (In Austin)
SEXUAL ASSAULT LEGAL HOTLINE
800-296-SAFE (Statewide)
512-225-9290 (In Austin)
Since 1989, Constable Elfant has worked alongside others concerned with family violence in
Austin including the Austin Police Department, the Center for Battered Women (now SafePlace),
the Sheriff’s office and Travis County Judges, Municipal Judges, and the District and County
Attorney’s offices.
Over the past 18 years, this group has increased its membership, adding Lifeworks
and the Women’s Advocacy Project, as well as several counseling groups for offenders.
Now the coalition, the Austin/Travis County Family Violence Task Force, meets once a month
to network and collaborate on projects such as creating Austin’s only Family
Violence Court (Court 4) and
public awareness campaigns with Capitol Metro and the Austin Independent School District.
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