The National Domestic Violence Hotline
The Teen Dating Violence Hotline will be staffed by trained professionals as well as young adult advocates who will provide services and support. Teens (and parents) anywhere in the country will be able to call the number, receive immediate advice and counsel with complete privacy and confidentiality, and learn how to tap into local resources to get the help they need. The hotline will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with teen peer advocates on the lines from 12 pm to 2 am, a time when many calls are expected. Young adult advocates ages 18-24 will also provide overnight services and support to serve more college-aged youth.
The Teen Dating Violence Hotline will also use the Internet to provide a safe, confidential online resource that will house information on dating and relationship violence as well as online message boards where teens can ask questions and share experiences, or just express their feelings. There will also be links to local, state and national resources.
The Liz Claiborne Teen Dating Violence Hotline
In the meantime, we want to hear from you how we can make this hotline the best it can be.
We will be reaching out to teens and parents nationwide for their ideas on shaping the teen hotline and providing input for the name of the hotline itself. Teen comments and opinions about the hotline can be submitted at www.ndvh.org/feedback.
Stay tuned for more information as the hotline becomes fully operational.
And Liz Claiborne Inc
Create The First National Teen Dating Violence Hotline
Recognizing the fact that few resources exist to help the significant numbers of teens who are experiencing teen dating violence, Liz Claiborne Inc. is collaborating with the National Domestic Violence Hotline to initiate and fund the first national teen dating violence hotline. The Teen Dating Violence Hotline will be operated by the National Domestic Violence Hotline (NDVH), and will focus on teens and young adults up to the age of 24. Although there are national hotlines for adults, teens have special needs and require a different approach to dealing with their issues and privacy concerns.
will be operational in Spring 2007.