Getting help in Austin, Texas

FAMILY VIOLENCE

Quiz: How is your relationship?/Como esta la relacion con mi pareja?

(courtesy of National Domestic Violence Hotline)

Does your partner.....
Tu pareja....

Embarass you with bad names and put downs?
Te averguenza la manera en que te trata con insultos y humillaciones?

Look at you or act in ways that scare you?
Te causa miedo la manear en que te mira o su forma de actuar?

Control what you do, who you see or talk to, or where you go?
Controla lo que haces, con quien hablas, a quien ves o a donde vas?

Won't let you find or keep a job?
No te permite conseguir o tener un trabajo?

Take your money or Social Security, make you ask for money, or refuse to give you money?
Te quita tu dinera o seguro social, hace que le pidas dinero o rehusa darte dinero?

Make all the decisions?
Hace todes las decisiones?

Tell you you're a bad parent or threaten to take away or hurt your children?
Te dice que eres mala madre o mal padre y te amenaza con quitarte a tus hijos?

Act like the abuse is no big deal, it's your fault, or even deny doing it?
Actua como que no hay abuso, que la culpa es tuya o nega que lo hizo?

Destroy your property or threaten to kill your pets?
Te destruye tus pertenencias o te amenaza con lastimar a tus mascotas?

Intimidate you with guns, knives, or other weapons?
Te intimida con pistolas, cuchillos o otras armas?

Shove you, slap you or hit you?
Te trata con empujones, cachetadas o te golpea?

Force you to drop charges?
Te obliga a retirar cargos criminales en su contra?

Threaten to commit suicide?
Te amenaza con suicidarse si le abandonas?

Threaten to kill you?
Te amenaza con matarte?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are experiencing abuse in your relationship.

My family is experiencing violence --
I would like to --

 

Legal Services Links:
Travis County Attorney's Office
Travis County District Attorney's Office
Legal Aid of Central Texas
Women's Advocacy Project

Social Services Links:
APD Victim Services
TCSO Victim Services
SafePlace: Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survival Center
Austin Child Guidance Center

Additional Resources:

Domestic Violence Hotlines and Resources

National Domestic Violence Hotline

Violence Against Women Office

Violence Agaianst Men and Women

Family Violence Awareness Page

Husband Battering

Child Abuse:

National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information

Prevent Child Abuse America

National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect

Child Abuse Yellow Pages

Family Violence

Child Abuse

Traffic Accidents and Fatalities

Legal Support and Information