MADISON, Wis. — After practically three years on maintain, Home Abuse Intervention Providers has introduced again its free walk-in Authorized Advocacy Program on the Dane County Courthouse.
This system, which DAIS suspended amid the COVID-19 pandemic, resumed operations Friday afternoon. Authorized advocates from DAIS will likely be obtainable on the courthouse’s Authorized Useful resource Heart from midday to 4 p.m. on Fridays to supply info and assist to individuals experiencing intimate accomplice violence or stalking, program supervisor Kianna Hanson stated.
Advocates may also help with issues like restraining orders and household legislation info however usually are not attorneys so can’t present authorized recommendation, she stated.
“We determined to begin the authorized clinic again up simply to be just a little bit extra accessible for individuals to fulfill with us and likewise to attempt to scale back a few of these obstacles that people who’re experiencing intimate accomplice violence face,” Hanson stated. “The authorized system generally is a tremendous complicated and intimidating system to navigate if somebody’s by no means carried out it earlier than after which whenever you think about that they’re coping with intimate accomplice violence on high of that, it may be very complicated.”
DAIS additionally has a helpline at 608-251-4445.
In case you or somebody is experiencing home violence, there are sources obtainable to assist. The Nationwide Home Violence Hotline is open 24/7 at 800-799-7233. DAIS — Home Abuse Intervention Providers — might be reached by cellphone at 608-251-4445, by textual content 24/7 at 608-420-4638 or on-line at abuseintervention.org.
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