PROJECTS THAT EMPOWER
FCLNY creates, implements or participates in diverse public education projects that highlight the effects of publicly sanctioned lethal violence on women and children, co-hosts peer support groups, and develops resource indexes on available services to help meet their needs.
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FCLNY’s Resource Indexes - NY
FCLNY is committed to on-going efforts to address the root causes of publicly sanctioned lethal violence, and educating on life-affirming resources available to distressed women and children in New York.
FCLNY's Resource Indexes are state-wide, hyperlinked directories categorized into 6 NY regions: Buffalo, Rochester Syracuse, Albany, Spring Valley, and NYC.
Click on the Title to explore each Resource Index!
FCLNY's Bread & Bed Resource Index contains nutrition and lodging resources throughout NY including:
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Food pantries
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Soup kitchens
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Family and women's shelter
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Maternity homes
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Affordable and transitional housing
FCLNY's Survivors of DVAST Resource Index contains an outline of services for domestic violence and sex trafficking (DVAST) survivors across NY which may include:
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Shelter
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Counseling
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Legal aid
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Support groups
FCLNY's Pregnancy Resource Centers (PRC) Index contains linkage to PRC's across NY. PRC services may include:
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Cribs, strollers, infant and children's car seats
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Clothing, diapers, food
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Pregnancy testing
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Referrals to adoption programs and counseling
FCLNY's Adoption Resource Index contains:
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Information on services and benefits for prospective birth mothers and adoptive parents
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A list of NY adoption agencies and NY Department of Social Services (DSS) offices
FCLNY’s Women and Children Resource Fairs
FCLNY raises awareness of local, tangible resources available to vulnerable women and children in NY by partnering with diverse resource providers and outreach efforts. Resources include affordable & accessible health care and child care, food and shelter assistance, pregnancy help and adoption services.
Our Resource Fairs are Fun & Informative! Please reach out to volunteer or bring a fair to your area.
FCLNY Conducts Ongoing Resource Outreach throughout the State of New York
Domestic Violence and Sex Trafficking
Hotline Poster Campaign!
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GOAL #1: Post Domestic Violence and Sex Trafficking (DVAST) Hotline Posters in Every Healthcare and Abortion Facility in NY.
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Healthcare providers are "one of the few professionals likely to interact" with victims of domestic violence and sex trafficking (DVAST), women who experience an increased risk of coerced abortions. Survivors of DVAST make up a sizable percentage of abortion clinic clients.
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Hotlines help release women from DVAST.
We need you! We are excitedly building 6 new teams, led by courageous FCLNY supporters across NYS to help us reach our DVAST Hotline Poster goal, and end cycles of violence.
Please reach out to join a team and help us distribute these vital hotlines. You can also download the posters here.
Goal #2: Help draft and enact NY policies that require all public healthcare and abortion facilities to post DVAST hotline posters.
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NY does not require ANY entity to post the DV hotline. NY requires only a limited category of 'healthcare providers' to post the Trafficking Hotline. Many abortion clinics are either not required to post the Trafficking Hotline or fail to, though required by law to do so.
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EVERY WOMAN AND GIRL DESERVES ACCESS TO DVAST HOTLINES!
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Visit FCLNY's Survivors of DVAST Resource Index for resources for DVAST survivors in NY​
References
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Human Trafficking: The Role of The Health Care Provider
Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health
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Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Among an Abortion Clinic Population
American Journal of Public Health
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Identification and Intervention by Health Care Providers
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
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Sage Journals
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Sex Trafficking Victims at Their Junction with the Healthcare Setting—A Mixed-Methods Inquiry
Journal of Human Trafficking
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Annals of Health Law
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Reproductive control by others: means, perpetrators and effects
BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health
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Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
The Monarca Project
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The MONARCA PROJECT is a monthly peer support group for women impacted by trauma, including
domestic and community violence, abortion, and sexual abuse.
Monarca aims to educate on various forms and impacts of violent trauma on women, and to offer women tools and resources to help facilitate their recovery. The peer support group’s purpose is to foster healing and empowerment—
to help break cycles of violence.
“Violence against women… is a major public health problem and a violation of .. human rights.”
The Monarca Project is not a therapy group. The facilitators are not counselors. They are women who have themselves experienced and recovered from trauma, and are most interested in creating a comfortable atmosphere where healing may occur. Monarca is a pilot project, launched in WNY. Our hope is for replication of this collaborative project in cities across NY.
WHOLE, CONFIDENT WOMEN MAKE BETTER CHOICES!
Spread the Word!
To join us, reach out to info@fclny.org
Questions or if interested in volunteering, send us an email or give a call.
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A Collaborative project of
Angels of Mercy &
Feminists Choosing Life of NY
FCLNY's Emergency Baby Showers & Direct Giveaway Outreach
FCLNY conducts emergency baby showers for women & children in need and provides critically needed infant and children's clothing, baby formula, diapers, strollers, toys etc to low-income families.
Please reach out if you know of a family in urgent need!
Practical Assistance
DIAPER BANKS HELP FAMILIES
