The Office of Child and Family Services houses Maine’s Violence Intervention and Response Program, which includes the Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Program (SAFE). The Violence Intervention and Response 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 Intervention and Response Program please contact:
Alicia Hunter, LSW
Violence Intervention and Response 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 Intervention and Response Provider Resources page where important notices, including those related to grant funding, will be posted.