The Office of Child and Family Services houses Maine’s Violence Prevention Program, which includes the Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Program (SAFE). The Violence Prevention Program also provides a number of additional services and supports to victims and survivors through partnerships with the agencies below:
Domestic Violence
The Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence (MCEDV)
Domestic Violence Resource Centers:
- Aroostook County: Hope and Justice Project
- Penobscot & Piscataquis Counties: Partners for Peace
- Hancock & Washington Counties: Next Step Domestic Violence Project
- Kennebec & Somerset Counties: Family Violence Project
- Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc & Waldo Counties: New Hope Midcoast
- Androscoggin, Franklin & Oxford Counties: Safe Voices
- Immigrant Resource Center of Maine (Lewiston & Augusta offices)
- Cumberland County: Through These Doors
- York County: Caring Unlimited
Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking
The Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MECASA)
- The Maine Sex Trafficking and Exploitation Network
- The Maine Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers
- The Children’s Safety Partnership
Sexual Assault Support Centers:
AMHC Sexual Assault Services (AMHC)
Aroostook, Hancock & Washington Counties
Immigrant Resource Center of Maine (IRCM)
Supporting Maine's refugee and immigrant communities
Rape Response Services (RRS)
Penobscot & Piscataquis Counties
Sexual Assault Prevention & Response Services (SAPARS)
Androscoggin, Oxford & Franklin Counties & the Towns of Bridgton & Harrison
Sexual Assault Crisis & Support Center (SAC&SC)
Kennebec & Somerset Counties
Sexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine (SARSSM)
Cumberland & York Counties
Sexual Assault Support Services of Midcoast Maine (SASSMM)
Eastern Cumberland County, Sagadahoc, Knox, Waldo & Lincoln Counties
Culturally Specific Gender-Based Violence Services
Legal Services
Services for Older Mainers
Additional Resources
- Victim Witness Advocates located in the District Attorney’s offices throughout the state of Maine
- The Maine Judicial Branch – Court Appointed Special Advocates and Guardians ad Litem
- The Maine Office of the Attorney General – Victim Witness Advocates (VWA) and VWA Coordinator
- Department of Corrections (DOC) – Victim Advocate in DOC’s Victim Services Program
- University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, Cutler Institute for Health and Social Policy – Statewide Victim Services Needs Assessment
- University of New England, School of Nursing and Population Health – Support of the SAFE Program
For more information about the Violence Prevention Program please contact:
Alicia Hunter, LSW
Violence Prevention Program Manager
Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Child and Family Services
2 Anthony Ave.
Augusta, ME 04330
Phone: 207-592-0315
alicia.hunter@maine.gov
If you are a provider of any of the above services, please click here to access the Violence Prevention Provider Resources page where important notices, including those related to grant funding, will be posted.