Lillian Smith Family Violence Foundation

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Rockwall County

If you or someone you know has been physically and/or sexually assaulted - that means hit, slapped, punched, pushed, kicked, raped, molested, stalked or anything like it - by either a family member, household member, dating partner, caretaker or babysitter, then a crime has been committed. If you want help, assistance is available. You are not alone.

If you have committed any of these criminal acts against a family or household member, dating partner or child of a partner, and you want help with stopping this unacceptable, illegal behavior, then help is also available for you. You are not alone either.

For emergency assistance, call 911 for local police or paramedics. But please keep in mind that police usually only respond after an act has been committed.

If you are in a potentially dangerous situation but you can still leave, do so immediately. Keep in mind, however, that attempting to leave could also be one of the most dangerous things you can do.

For non-emergency assistance, call one of the FREE Hotline phone numbers listed on this page. Free, confidential help from a trained, compassionate advocate is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year (including holidays) to provide either crisis intervention, a referral to a community resource or a friendly voice to whom you can talk about your problem.

No one deserves to be hurt. It's just as much a crime for someone to harm a family member as it is to hurt someone outside the home. Violations can result in jail time, probation, community service and/or fines.

Even if you've only been threatened - or just feel like you're in danger - the first thing you should do is call and tell someone. Contact a family member, a friend, an employer...any one whom you can trust. Once violence starts, it rarely stops without intervention from either family, friends or police.

If you're a person who is hurting or bullying someone else, please stop and get some help for your problem before you either seriously injure someone, lose the person you're hurting or they take you away to jail in handcuffs.