Between 2 and 4 million women are annually victimized by domestic violence. Most children in homes in which domestic violence occurs witness that abuse and suffer secondary psychological effects, including aggressive behavior and depression. Male children who witness abuse are more likely to become abusers themselves as adults, creating a vicious, intergenerational cycle of violent behavior. (ABA Domestic Violence Commission)


If you need help or someone you know is experiencing or in some way involved in domestic violence please recognize that there are measures to take in order to prevent further harm. If you are a victim of violence we strongly urge you to devise a safety plan for a time of extreme emergency, and the following list of Domestic Shelters will be a great start for obtaining help and vital information.

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Pennsylvania Domestic Violence Shelters:


  • Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence 6400 Flank Drive #1300 Harrisburg PA 17112 717-545-6400 (800)932-4632 (State Hotline)

  • Crisis Center North, Inc. P.O. Box 75 Allison Park PA 15101 Business #: 412-364-5556 Hotline/Crisis: 412-364-5556

  • Domestic Abuse Project of Blair County 2022 Broad Avenue Altoone PA 16601 Business #: 814-944-3583 Hotline/Crisis: 814-944-3585

  • Women's Center of Beaver County P.O. Box 397 Beaver PA 15009 Business #: 412-775-2032 Hotline/Crisis: 412-775-0131

  • Bedford County Abuse Center P.O. Box 496 Bedford PA 15522 Business #: 814-652-2168 Hotline/Crisis: 814-652-9128 Toll Free: (800)776-5974

  • Turning Point of Lehigh Valley P.O. Box 5355 Bethlehem PA 18015 Business #: 610-867-6477 Hotline/Crisis: 610-437-3369

  • Women's Center 111 N. Market St. Bloomsburg PA 17815 Business #: 717-784-6632 Hotline/Crisis: 717-784-6631 Toll Free: (800)544-8293

  • McKean County Victims' Resource Center 24 West Corydon Street Bradford PA 16701 Business #: 814-368-4235 Hotline/Crisis: 814-368-6324

  • Domestic Violence Services of Cumberland County P.O. Box 1039 Carlisle PA 17013 Business #: 717-258-4806 Hotline/Crisis: (800)852-2102 Toll Free: (800)852-2102

  • Women In Need, Inc. P.O. Box 25 Chambersburg PA 17201 Business #: 717-264-3056 Hotline/Crisis: 717-264-4444 Toll Free: (800)621-6660

  • Stop Abuse for Everyone, Inc. SAFE 214 S. 7th Ave. Clarion PA 16214 Business #: 814-226-8481 Hotline/Crisis: 814-226-7233 Toll Free: (800)992-3039

  • Family Crisis Center of Potter County P.O. Box 447 Coudersport PA 16915 Business #: 814-274-0368 Hotline/Crisis: 814-274-0240

  • A Woman's Place P.O. Box 299 Doylestown PA 18901 Business #: 215-343-9241 Hotline/Crisis: (800)220-8116 Toll Free: (800)220-8116

  • Hope for Victims of Violence P.O. Box 896 Dubois PA 15801 Business #: 814-371-0207 Hotline/Crisis: 814-371-1223 Toll Free: (800)773-1223

  • Hospitality House Services for Women P.O. Box 1436 Erie PA 16512 Business #: 814-455-1774 Hotline/Crisis: 814-454-8161

  • P.O. Box 293 Evans City PA 16033 Business #: 412-776-5910 Hotline/Crisis: 412-776-6790

  • Survivors Inc. P.O. Box 3572 Gettysburg PA 17325 Business #: 717-334-0589 Hotline/Crisis: 717-334-9777

  • Women's Services of Westmoreland County, Inc. P.O. Box 246 Greensburg PA 15601 Business #: 412-837-9540 Hotline/Crisis: 412-836-1122

  • YWCA 23 West Chestnut Street Hanover PA 17331 Business #: 717-637-2125 Hotline/Crisis: 717-632-0007

  • YWCA of Great Harrisburg Domestic Violence Services 215 Market Street Harrisburg PA 17101 Business #: 717-238-7273 Hotline/Crisis: 717-238-7273 Toll Free: (800)654-1211

  • Victims Intervention Program P.O. Box 986 Honesdale PA 18431 Business #: 717-253-4431 Hotline/Crisis: 717-253-4401 Toll Free: (800)698-4VIP

  • Huntington House P.O. Box 217 Huntington PA 16652 Business #: 814-643-2801 Hotline/Crisis: 814-643-1190

  • Alice Paul House P.O. Box 417 Indiana PA 15701 Business #: 412-349-4444 Hotline/Crisis: 412-349-4444 Toll Free: (800)435-7249

  • Women's Center of Montgomery County 101 Washington Lane Benson Manor - Suite WC I Jenkintown PA 19046 Business #: 215-885-8440 Hotline/Crisis: 215-885-5020

  • Women's Help Center, Inc. 809 Napoleon Street Johnstown PA 15901 Business #: 814-536-5361 Hotline/Crisis: 814-536-5361 Toll Free: (800)999-7406

  • Helping Abuse Victims In Need P.O. Box 983 Kittanning PA 16201 Business #: 412-543-1180 Hotline/Crisis: 412-548-8888 Toll Free: (800)841-8881

  • Lancaster Shelter for Abused Women P.O. Box 359 Lancaster PA 17608 Business #: 717-299-9677 Hotline/Crisis: 717-299-1249

  • Domestic Violence Intervention of Lebanon County P.O. Box 42 Lebanon PA 17042 Business #: 717-273-7190 Hotline/Crisis: 717-273-7190

  • Women in Crisis Carbon County P.O. Box 155 Lehighton PA 18235 Business #: 610-377-0760 Hotline/Crisis: (800)424-5600 Toll Free: (800)424-5600

  • Susquehanna Valley Women in Transition P.O. Box 170 Lewisburg PA 17837 Business #: 717-523-1134 Hotline/Crisis: 717-523-6482

  • Mifflin County Abuse Network P.O. Box 268 Lewistown PA 17044 Business #: 717-242-0715 Hotline/Crisis: 717-242-2444

  • Clinton County Women's Center 151 Susquehanna Ave. Lock Haven PA 17745 Business #: 717-748-9539 Hotline/Crisis: 717-748-9509

  • Womansplace P.O. Box 216 McKeesport PA 15134 Business #: 412-678-4620 Hotline/Crisi: 412-678-4616

  • Women's Services, Inc. P.O. Box 637 Meadville PA 16335 Business #: 814-724-4637 Hotline/Crisis: 814-333-9766

  • Domestic Abuse Project of Delaware County, Inc. P.O. Box 174 Media PA 19063 Business #: 610-565-6272 Hotline/Crisis: 610-565-4590

  • Women's Resource Center/Monroe County 413 Broad Street Milford PA 18337 Business #: 717-296-5427 Hotline/Crisis: 717-296-4357

  • Women's Shelter Rape Crisis Center of Lawrence County P.O. Box 1422 New Castle PA 16103 Business #: 412-652-9206 Hotline/Crisis: 412-652-9036

  • Laurel House P.O. Box 764 Norristown PA 19404 Business #: 215-643-3150 Hotline/Crisis: 215-643-3150 Toll Free: (800)642-3150

  • Womens Shelter P.O. Box 764 Norristown PA 19404 Business #: 814-726-1271 Hotline/Crisis: 814-726-1030 Toll Free: (800)338-3460

  • Lutheran Settlement House - Women's Program 1340 Frankford Ave. Philadelphia PA 19125 Business #: 215-426-8610 Hotline/Crisis: 215-739-9999

  • Women Against Abuse P.O. Box 13758 Philadelphia PA 19101 Business #: 215-386-1280 Hotline/Crisis: 215-386-7777

  • Women in Trasition 21 S. 12th St., 6th Floor Philadelphia PA 19101 Business #: 215-564-5301 Hotline/Crisis: 215-751-1111

  • Crisis Center North, Inc. P.O. Box 101093 Pittsburgh PA 15237 Business #: 412-364-6728 Hotline/Crisis: 412-364-5556

  • Women's Center Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh P.O. Box 9024 Pittsburgh PA 15224 Business #: 412-687-8017 Hotline/Crisis: 412-687-8005

  • Schuylkill Women in Crisis P.O. Box 96 Pottsville PA 17901 Business #: 717-622-3991 Hotline/Crisis: 717-622-6220 Toll Free: (800)282-0634

  • Crossroads (Jefferson/Clarion) Economic Opportunit 105 Grace Way Mill Creek Center Punxsutawney PA 15767 Business #: 814-938-3580 Hotline/Crisis: 814-849-1617

  • Berks Women in Crisis P.O. Box 803 Reading PA 19603 Business #: 610-373-1206 Hotline/Crisis: 610-372-9540

  • Citizens Against Physical, Sexual, Emotional Abuse P.O. Box 464 Ridgway PA 15853 Business #: 814-772-3838 Hotline/Crisis: 814-772-1227

  • Women's Resource Center P.O. Box 975 Scranton PA 18501 Business #: 717-346-4671 Hotline/Crisis: 717-346-4671

  • Women's Resource Center Box 202 Scranton PA 18801 Business #: 717-278-1800 Hotline/Crisis: 717-278-1800

  • AWARE, Inc. P.O. Box 662 Sharon PA 16146 Business #: 412-981-3753 Hotline/Crisis: 412-981-1457

  • Centre County Women's Resource Center Inc. 140 West Nittany Avenue State College PA 16801 Business #: 814-238-7066 Hotline/Crisis: 814-234-5050

  • Women's Resources of Monroe County, Inc. 400 Main Street Stroudsburg PA 18360 Business #: 717-424-2093 Hotline/Crisis: 717-421-4200

  • Alle-Kiski Area HOPE Center, Inc. P.O. Box 67 Tarentum PA 15084 Business #: 412-224-1100 Hotline/Crisis: 412-224-4673

  • Abuse and Rape Crisis Center P.O. Box 186 Towanda PA 18848 Business #: 717-265-5333 Hotline/Crisis: 717-265-9101

  • Washington Women's Shelter, Inc. P.O. Box 503 Washington PA 15301 Business #: 412-223-9190 Hotline/Crisis: 412-223-9190 Toll Free: (800)791-4000

  • Tioga County Women's Coalition P.O. Box 933 Wellsboro PA 16901 Business #: 717-724-3549 Hotline/Crisis: 717-724-7911 Toll Free: 717-724-3554

  • Domestic Violence Center of Chester County P.O. Box 832 West Chester PA 19381 Business #: 215-431-3546 Hotline/Crisis: 215-431-1430

  • Domestic Violence Service Center P.O. Box 1662 Wilkes-Barre PA 18703 Business #: 717-823-6799 Hotline/Crisis: 717-823-7312 Toll Free: 717-455-9971

  • Victims Resource Center 68 S. Franklin Street Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 Business #: 717-823-0766 Hotline/Crisis: 717-836-5544 Toll Free: (800)331-3261

  • Wise Options for Women 815 West 4th Street Williamsport PA 17701 Business #: 717-323-8167 Toll Free: (800)326-8483

  • Access - York, Inc. P.O. Box 743 York PA 17405



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