The Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence is a statewide network of sexual assault and domestic violence advocacy programs serving all 105 counties in Kansas. It is the only coalition of sexual assault and domestic violence advocacy programs in Kansas.
Domestic violence (battering) is a pattern of abusive and coercive behavior used to gain power and control over an intimate partner, former partner or family member. Domestic violence perpetrators (batterers) use a variety of legal and illegal tactics to establish a system of dominance known as power and control.
Domestic violence affects all communities, socio-economic levels and sexual orientations. The Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and many academic leaders have identified domestic violence as a major criminal justice, health care and social issue.
According to the National Institute for Justice, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, women are at significantly greater risk of domestic violence than men.
Batterers use a combination of the following tactics to gain and maintain power and control over the victim. Batterers often choose the circumstances of their violence, including the amount of injury inflicted by their acts. Batterers bear sole responsibility for their actions.
Using coercion and threats:
Making and/or carrying out threats to do something to hurt her; threatening to leave her, to commit suicide, to report her to welfare; making her drop charges or not testify; making her do illegal things
Using intimidation:
Making her afraid by using looks, actions, gestures; destroying her property; abusing pets; displaying weapons
Using emotional abuse:
Putting her down; calling her names; making her think she's crazy; playing mind games; humiliating her; making her feel bad about herself; making her feel guilty
Using isolation:
Controlling what she does, who she sees and talks to, what she reads, where she goes; limiting her outside involvement; using jealousy to justify actions
Using children:
Making her feel guilty about the children; using the children to relay messages; using visitation to harass her; threatening to take the children away
Using economic abuse:
Preventing her from getting or keeping a job; making her ask for money; giving her an allowance; taking her money; not letting her know about or have access to family income
Minimizing, denying, blaming:
Making light of the abuse and not taking her concerns about it seriously; saying the abuse didn't happen; shifting responsibility for abusive behavior; saying she caused the abuse
Programs are listed below alphabetically by city with HOTLINE phone numbers. Call the program nearest to you. You do not have to live in the city where the program is located to use their services.
| CITY | MEMBER PROGRAMS | HOTLINE NUMBERS |
|---|---|---|
| Atchison | DoVES (also serves Hiawatha) | 800-367-7075 or 913-367-0363 |
| Coffeyville | Crisis Resource Center of Southeast Kansas, Inc. | 888-320-7218 |
| Dodge City | Crisis Center of Dodge City | 620-225-6510 |
| Emporia | SOS, Inc. | 800-825-1295 or 620-342-1870 |
| Garden City | Family Crisis Services | 620-275-5911 |
| Great Bend | Family Crisis Center | 620-792-1885 |
| Hays | Northwest Kansas Family Shelter (also serves Goodland) | 800-794-4624 or 785-625-3055 |
| Hutchinson | Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Center (also serves McPherson) | 800-701-3630 or 620-663-2522 |
| Iola | Hope Unlimited | 620-365-7566 |
| Kansas City, KS | Friends of Yates Joyce Williams Center | 913-321-0951 |
| Kansas City, KS | El Centro, Inc. ¡Si, Se Puede! | 913-281-1186 |
| Kansas City, MO | KCAVP | 816-561-0550 |
| Kansas City, MO | MOCSA | 816-531-0233 |
| Lawrence | Ga Du Gi (Previously known as Rape Victim Survivor Service) | 785-841-2345 |
| Lawrence | Women's Transitional Care Services (also serves Ottawa) | 800-770-3030 or 785-843-3333 |
| Leavenworth | Alliance Against Family Violence (also serves Tonganoxie) | 913-682-9131 |
| Liberal | Liberal Area Rape Crisis and DV Services | 620-624-8818 |
| Manhattan | The Crisis Center, Inc also serves Junction City) | 800-727-2785 or 785-539-2785 |
| Mayetta | Prairie Band Potawatomi Family Violence Prevention Program | 888-9666-2932 |
| Newton | Harvey County DV/SA Task Force | 800-487-0510 |
| Overland Park | Safehome, Inc. (Also serves Miami County) | 888-432-4300 or 913-262-2868 |
| Pittsburg | Crisis Resource Center of Southeast Kansas, Inc. (also serves Coffeyville) | 800-794-9148 |
| Reserve | Sac & Fox STOP Violence Against Indian Women | 785-742-0053 |
| Salina | Domestic Violence Assoc. of Central Kansas | 800-874-1499 |
| Topeka | YWCA Battered Women Task Force | 888-822-2983 or 785-354-7927 |
| Ulysses | DoVES of Grant County | 620-356-2608 |
| Wichita | Catholic Charities Harbor House | 316-263-6000 |
| Wichita | StepStone | 316-265-1611 |
| Wichita | Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center | 316-263-3002 |
| Wichita | YWCA Women's Crisis Center | 316-267-SAFE (7233) |
| Winfield | Cowley County Safe Homes | 620-221-HELP (4357) or 800-794-7672 |
Kansas Crisis Hotline
1-888-END-ABUSE (1-888-363-2287)
National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-SAFE (1-800-799-7233)
Kansas Coalition Against
Sexual and Domestic Violence
634 SW Harrison
Topeka, KS 66603
785-232-9784
www.kcsdv.org
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