HAWC
We Can Help
Hawc provides free and confidential services to people experiencing domestic abuse.
To understand if what you’re experiencing is abuse, or to start making a safety plan,
call our hotline at 1-800-547-1649.
If you are in immediate danger, call 911.
Our Mission
OUR MISSION is to create social change by taking action against personal and societal patterns of violence and oppression.
HAWC provides services to survivors of domestic abuse residing in 23 cities and towns on Massachusetts’ North Shore in order that they may make informed, independent decisions about their futures.
Our Services
HAWC services are available both in person and virtually to best meet your needs.
Please call our office at 978-744-8552 during regular business hours (Monday – Friday between 9 am and 5 pm) and our 24-hour hotline at 1-800-547-1649 anytime for support.
Children's Services
Emergency Shelter
Community Outreach & Education
If it is safer or more convenient for you to request an appointment electronically, fill out an appointment request form. An advocate will be in touch soon.
Help Someone You Know
Do you know someone who is experiencing abuse? You can help by educating yourself and sharing resources with them.
Shame and guilt, emotional abuse, cultural and religious tradition, and societal misconceptions contribute to an abuse survivor’s silence. As a result, you might not realize that a person you love is experiencing abuse. However, with one in three women and one in four men experiencing domestic abuse in their lifetime, abuse has probably directly affected someone close to you.
What’s Happening at HAWC
Virtual Community Conversation
HAWC was proud to offer the first of a series of virtual Community Conversations via Facebook Live on Thursday, August 19. During our first Community Conversation, HAWC’s Senior Manager of Educational Programming Elisabeth Nash Wrenn chatted with Jessica Stevens,...
Volunteer Spotlight: Making use of all the Tools in the Tool Box
Calling our 24-hour hotline is the first time many survivors engage with HAWC services. With that in mind, we rely on a team of highly-trained, compassionate volunteers to be available to speak with someone who is experiencing abuse at a moment’s notice, no matter the...
Executive Director Sara Stanley Wins Diamond Award
Congratulations to Sara Stanley, HAWC’s Executive Director, for being named one of six inaugural recipients of the North Shore Chamber of Commerce’s Diamond Awards, recognizing extraordinary women leaders in business who make an impact on the community. Sara and her...