This article includes advice from Community Engagement for Changes groups about organizing in communities. It is intended for anyone who wants to start or continue family violence prevention work, including agencies working toward family and community health and well-being, community development groups, and grassroots leaders.

This article is available online from the Family Violence Prevention Fund Web site: http://www.endabuse.org/programs/display.php3?DocID=346

Family and Friends' Guide to Domestic Violence provides information for family and friends on how to help victims of domestic violence.

The Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) works to prevent violence within the home and in the community. The organization promotes leadership within communities to transform the way health professionals, police, judges, employers, and others deal with violence. FVPF has programs specifically related to children, health, immigrant women, teens, the workplace, and other communities that are affected by violence.

Men Stopping Violence works to end men's violence against women through training and educational programs. MSV also offers telephone contacts, orientation classes, courtroom interventions, 24-week classes, and an ongoing community restitution program for men who complete the 24-week curriculum. MSV allies with other organizations working specifically toward ending men's violence against women and also those working to end racism, sexism, homophobia, and classism.

The National Domestic Violence Hotline offers crisis intervention, information about domestic violence, and referrals to local service providers for victims of domestic violence and those calling on their behalf. The hotline is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, in English, Spanish, and other languages. The hotline connects callers to more than 4,000 shelters and service providers in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.