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Nonprofit Impact Award

August 11, 2022By Blog
Commerce Lexington has awarded our organization the Salute to Small Business Nonprofit Impact Award. Commerce Lexington’s annual Salute to Small Business presented by Forcht Bank recognizes the area’s best small businesses and one exceptional nonprofit organization. The Nonprofit Impact Award category honors services, fundraising, and inspiration to maximize output in the…
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A Healing Canopy of Trees

August 8, 2022By Blog
“I have really sweet kid memories of laying down under a tree and looking up at the sky,” says Ryan Koch, residential program manager. Many trees on the shelter property were planted about ten years ago with the support of a Plant the Planet grant from Kentucky Utilities. "I like…
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Empowered by Plants

August 1, 2022By Blog, Stories
The University of Kentucky Center for Research on Violence Against Women recently completed a multi-year study of the farm’s effectiveness. “Our mission is research,” shares Diane Follingstad, Ph.D. “If you have been a victim of violence as a woman, we would like to know the best ways to help you…
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Protect Family Pets

July 26, 2022By Blog
Amendments to Kentucky laws related to domestic and personal orders of protection now include pets. Coercion, control, or revenge directed against a pet to control a spouse or dating partner is considered domestic violence. Far too often, the most difficult step for victims of intimate partner abuse is leaving parts…
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Michelle’s Story

July 11, 2022By 21 Years, Blog, Stories
"He would give me a lot of attention, something I wasn't used to." We met in 2009, but we didn’t really start dating until the beginning of the following year. It was a bunch of love bombing at first. Then his drinking started coming out and verbal, mental, and emotional…
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Remarks on Recent Supreme Court Decision

June 25, 2022By Blog
To the greatest extent allowed by law, we will continue to advocate for the personal decisions survivors choose while escaping intimate partner abuse and establishing long-term safety from physical, emotional, and economic harm. ZeroV, Kentucky's statewide coalition of domestic violence programs, has issued this statement on the recent Supreme Court decision…
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Art Meets Activism

June 22, 2022By Blog
Making art can help survivors of intimate partner abuse find their own path to healing 🎨 Thanks to the Art Meets Activism grant through the Kentucky Foundation for Women, survivors have been able to participate in many different trauma-informed artmaking projects! The goal of these artful healing activities is to…
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Depp v Heard Verdict

June 3, 2022By Blog
After weeks of testimony, the verdict in the Depp v Heard defamation trial was decided on June 1. Although the jury determined both parties liable for defamation, the decision found Heard defamed Depp in three statements. He was awarded $15 million across compensatory and punitive damages. Heard was awarded $2…
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Substance Use & Intimate Partner Abuse

May 31, 2022By Blog
Getting and staying sober takes courage, especially if you’re a survivor of intimate partner abuse.  Substance use should never be a barrier to getting help.  Women who have been abused are more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs. Some survivors begin drinking more to numb the physical and emotional pain…
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Abuse Later in Life

May 25, 2022By Blog, Services
It’s Older Americans Month and when it comes to intimate partner abuse, there is no age limit.   The National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL) defines it as willful abuse, neglect, abandonment, or financial exploitation of an older adult who is age 50+ by someone in an ongoing,…
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