Domestic Violence Prevention & Intervention

The New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs, Inc. (NMCSAP) provides education, support, and advocacy to address all aspects of preventing and responding to sexual violence in NM from an anti-racist, anti-oppression foundation. They works with service providers, law enforcement officers, prosecutors, medical practitioners, and mental health professionals. Through conferences, training events, meeting facilitation, site visits, legal assistance, and individual technical assistance, the NMCSAP staff provides support and leadership in a multitude of areas. They also collect and analyze sexual assault and domestic violence data and produces annual reports of the findings.

The focus of the Albuquerque Family Advocacy Center will be to decrease victim trauma and intimidation while providing supportive services in respectful and culturally appropriate ways. They are a victim friendly and safe environment with reduction in the investigation time and the number of interviews from as many as five to one per case, while increasing the quality of investigations. Travel time is eliminated for victims and is significantly reduced for all service providers. Albuquerque Family Advocacy Center improves coordination of multi-disciplinary teams including medical evaluation, forensic, interviews, law enforcement, child/adult protective service investigations, crisis counseling and prosecution. They also makes it possible to eliminate language and cultural barriers to service across all service systems and increases the number of convictions, guilty pleas and plea bargains through the appropriate prosecutorial divisions.

The Domestic Violence Resource Center's main focus is to help victims of domestic violence break the cycle of abuse in their lives. Each department, Advocacy, Case Management & Counseling are all here to provide resources, help, guidance and support to help victims get safe, become independent and heal. Our goal is to help a victim break the cycle of violence and heal in order to have healthy relationships in their future. DVRC, Inc. is here to Empower Victims of Domestic Violence and Engage the Community to End the Cycle of Domestic Violence through Education and Prevention. We work with multiple community organizations to help provide resources, legal help, financial resources and help in order to get a victim safe & work with them to rebuild their life after domestic violence.

The New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NMCADV) provides support and assistance to domestic violence programs across the state. They coordinate local and national responses to domestic violence, working closely with the New Mexico state legislature to enact policies, processes, protocol and laws. The NMCADV does not provide direct victim services. They provide training and support for facilitators participating in Battering Intervention Programs (BIPs) across the state. They provide support, training, and technical assistance for NM programs serving children, their parents, and caregivers impacted by domestic violence. They also provide financial literacy education, matched savings programs, and credit repair services for survivors and their families. They offer multi-disciplinary training (MDT) for law enforcement, medical professionals, prosecutors, and advocates. Need to speak with an advocate or victim services? Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE(7233) or TTY 1-800-787-3224.

The UNM Women's Resource Center collaborates with academic units and provides a range of learning opportunities through the programs and services offered. These services are accessible to all genders and parents in the community, whether UNM students, faculty and staff or Albuquerque community members. The program's available services include a library containing educational information regarding social issues impacting women, free in-person and remote mental health care for students, staff, and faculty, a family-friendly computer lab with printing access, a scholarship opportunity for single parents attending UNM, a Gendered Violence Prevention Program, and chest or breastfeeding support programs which include lactation stations and resources. The UNM WRC also provides resources for various topics such as feminism, activism, violence, women's health, parenting, sexual orientation, LGBTQIA+, and personal finance. These resources are available through counseling, group meetings, access to clinics or healthcare, campaigns, and the library.

The New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department provides an array of prevention, intervention, rehabilitative and after-care services to New Mexico children and their families. These include Protective services such as Adoptions or Child Abuse & Neglect, and Early Childhood Services. Juvenile justice services can provide access to Reintegration Centers and Facilities. Behavioral health services include Domestic Violence and Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health.

• Specialized Information and Referral
• Dating Abuse Hotlines

Offers 24/7 information, support, and advocacy to young people between the ages of 13 and 26 who have questions or concerns about their romantic relationships. Provides support to concerned friends and family members, teachers, counselors, and other service providers through the same free and confidential services via phone, text, and live chat. Provides comprehensive education through resources including quizzes, interactive pages, and testimonials, as well as training, toolkits, and curriculum for educators, peers, and parents to promote healthy relationships and prevent future abuse.

To connect with love is respect, call 1.866.331.9474 or text LOVEIS to 22522.