Kimetha Watson's List: domestic violence

The research upon which this book is based began in 1977 and continues to the present. It started with a sample of 520 records of women's visits to the surgical emergency service of the Yale- New Haven Hospital.

As part of one of his “necessary” budget cuts, Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed the Department of Public Health’s Domestic Violence Program, stripping the program of $20.4 million for 94 domestic violence shelters and centers. These places provide vital services, such as emergency shelter, transitional housing, legal advocacy, assistance with restraining orders, and counseling, for those trying to escape abusive relationships and domestic situations. As a result of budget cuts, most if not all of the shelters will have no choice but to close, forcing all of the individuals that reside there to return to unsafe environments. Only a week later, many shelters in Ventura County have already closed their doors and asked women to make other arrangements.

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The Domestic Violence (DV) Awareness Handbook, tells what DV is, who are the victims, what to say to a victim, how to break the silence of DV. It also gives the National DV Hotline number !-800-799-safe.

Domistic violence (DV) can happen to any one your friend canbe a victim of DV or can be the cause of DV. Domstic violence don't discriminate it crosses all boundaries, race, religion, gender, age and socio-economic status. It could be you