Sexual Violence, Stalking, and Intimate Partner Violence Widespread in the US New survey finds these types of violence affect the health of millions of adults. On average, 24 people per minute are victims of rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States, according to findings released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Over the course of a year, that equals more than 12 million women and men. Those numbers only tell part of the story – more than 1 million women reported being raped in a year and over 6 million women and men were victims of stalking in a year, the report says.

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Spring 2012

Evaluation of SH Services
We all like to think that we are doing a good job and that what we do makes a difference. We all want to know that we make a healthy difference in the lives of our families, that we make a positive a contribution where we work or that when we volunteer our time and financial support to causes we believe in that things do improve.

Winter 2012

“Victim or Survivor?
When I read or hear these two terms used in reference to people who have experienced domestic violence in any of it’s many forms, two distinctly different mental images pop into view.”

 

Fall 2011 Newsletter

Taken from the June 2011 Issue of Glamour Magazine:
He “threatened me,” “strangled me with a PlayStation cord,” “lunged at me with a pocketknife.” A horror
movie? No, real life for far too many young women, an exclusive new Glamour survey reveals. Why is
relationship violence still so frighteningly common in 2011? And how can we help?

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SAFE House Newsletter Summer 2011

A new survey conducted by the National Network To End Domestic Violence reveals
telling information about domestic violence services in the U.S. On September 15,
2010 – one 24-hour period – domestic violence victim advocates served more than
70,000 adults and children and answered more than 20,000 emergency hotline calls.
During the same 24 hours, more than 9,000 requests for services went unmet, largely
due to lack of funding

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SAFE House Newsletter Spring 2011

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