     Resources for Agricultural WorkersJune 25, 2013, 9:27 pm ET If you are an agricultural worker who has been sexually victimized at work, there are a variety of resources available to you. You can call the crisis hotlines or community-based organizations listed below for counseling or support. If you would like to file a complaint against your employer, the legal aid organizations below can help. You can also call one of the state agencies listed below or the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, to make a claim against your employer. The crisis hotlines, legal aid and community-based organizations, and the EEOC can offer assistance in Spanish. Rape/Sexual Violence Crisis Hotlines and Support GroupsOnline support group State-by-state resource listing Hotline: 651-772-1611 National Center for Victims of Crime Victim Hotline: 800-799-7233 Hotline: 888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733) Rape Abuse and Incest National Network Hotline: 800-656-HOPE Hotline: 212-227-3000 Legal Aid OrganizationsArizona 800-852-9075 California California Rural Legal Assistance Colorado 303-866-9366 Connecticut 800-879-7463 Florida 800-277-7447 Georgia Georgia Legal Services Program 800-537-7496 Idaho 208-454-2591 or 208-734-7024 Illinois Illinois Migrant Legal Assistance Project 800-445-9025 Indiana 800-869-3505 Iowa 515-244-2469 800-532-1275 Maine 800-879-7463 Maryland 800-444-4099 Massachusetts 800-879-7463 877-758-8132 Michigan Farmworker Legal Services of Michigan 800-968-4046 616-454-5055 Minnesota Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services 888-575-2954 Missouri 816-474-9868 Montana Montana Legal Services Association 800-666-6899 or 800-666-6899 Nebraska 308-632-4734 or 877-250-2016 New Hampshire 800-879-7463 800-639-5290 New Mexico New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty 505-255-2840 575-541-4800 New Jersey 888-576-5529 856-964-2010 New York Worker Justice Center of New York 800-905-9644 The Legal Aid Society of Mid New York 800-804-8575 North Carolina 800-777-5869 Ohio Advocates for Basic Legal Equality 866-837-8832 or 800-837-0814 Oregon 877-726-4381 855-411-5477 Pennsylvania 800-729-1607 888-541-1544 Villanova University School of Law Farmworker Legal Aid Clinic 866-655-4419 Rhode Island 800-879-7463 South Carolina 888-346-5592 Texas 615-750-1200 Utah 800-662-4245 Vermont 800-879-7463 Virginia University of Virginia School of Law Employment Law Clinic 800-763-7323 866-534-5243 Central Virginia Legal Aid Society 888-200-8479 Washington 206-464-1122 888-201-1012 Wisconsin 800-362-3904 Wyoming 877-432-9955 National National Employment Law Project 212-285-3025 334-956-8200 Community-based OrganizationsNational 314-726-6470 California Campesinas Unidas 559-359-4356 Frente Indígena Oaxaqueño Binacional 559-512-0797 805-486-7776 Florida Coalition of Florida Farmworkers Organizations 305-246-0357 or 239-657-7272 Coalition of Immokalee Workers 239-657-8311 Farmworkers Association of Florida 407-886-5151 North Carolina North Carolina Farmworkers Project 919-894-7406 Oregon Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN) 503-982-0243 Government Workplace Civil Rights AgenciesFederal Agencies EEOC State Agencies Alaska 800-478-4692 California Department of Fair Employment and Housing 800-884-1684 Colorado 711-894-2997 Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities 800-477-5737 Delaware 877 544-8626 Florida Commission on Human Relations (en Español) 800-342-8170 Hawaii 808-586-8636 Idaho 888-249-7025 Illinois 312-814-6200 Indiana 800-628-2909 Iowa 515-281-4430 Kansas 785-296-3206 Kentucky 800-292-5566 Louisiana 225-342-6969 Maine 207-624-6290 Maryland 800-637-6247 Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination 617-994-6000 Michigan 517-335-3165 Minnesota 800-657-3704 Missouri 573-751-3325 Montana 800-542-0807 Nebraska 800-642-6112 New Hampshire 603-271-2767 New Jersey 609-292-4605 New Mexico 800-566-9471 New York 718-722-2060 North Carolina 866-324-7474 North Dakota 800-582-8032 Ohio 614-466-2785 Oregon 971-673-0764 Pennsylvania 717-787-4410 Rhode Island 401-222-2661 South Carolina 800-521-0725 South Dakota 605-773-3681 Tennessee 800-251-3589 Texas Texas Workforce Division, Civil Rights Division 888-452-4778 Utah Antidiscrimination & Labor Division 801-530-6801 Vermont 800-416-2010 Virginia 804-225-2292 Washington 800-233-3247 West Virginia 304-558-2616 Wisconsin Division of Workforce Development, Equal Rights Division 608-266-6860 Wyoming Department of Workforce Services 307-777-7261 RELATED
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