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UPDATE: Stop the Federal Funding Freeze

January 29, 2025By Blog
UPDATE - A memo issued by the Office of Management and Budget on Wednesday January 29, made public at approximately 1:15 pm, has rescinded the previous memo. Additional decisions and information are expected in the coming weeks. Your voice is needed for survivors. Please call on Congress to stop the…
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January is National Stalking Awareness Month

January 16, 2025By Blog, Services
Stalking often co-occurs with intimate partner violence and can be an indicator of other forms of violence.   All stalkers can be dangerous. Intimate partner stalkers, compared to acquaintance and stranger stalkers, are more likely to threaten and physically assault the victim and their friends and family.    Diane’s Story  Our associate…
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Advocate in the Workplace

September 26, 2024By Blog
44% of US adults say they have experienced the effects of intimate partner abuse at work. Intimate partner abuse affects every part of a survivor’s life, including at work. Abusers often sabotage a survivor’s work-life as a control tactic.  As an employer, what can you do to support survivors?   If an employee starts suddenly missing…
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Crisis Hotline Tear-Off Flyer

June 25, 2024By Blog, Services
Raise awareness & offer support 💜 A local hospital reached out to request a crisis hotline tear-off sheet to hang in their bathrooms. We thought it was a fantastic idea and wanted to share it so other workplaces can also offer this resource.  The Impact  By placing these tear-off sheets…
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Advocates at Music Festivals

August 14, 2023By Blog, Services
Our advocates are dedicated to promoting awareness, resources, and safe spaces at music festivals this summer.🎶 Maybe you've seen our booth at one of these big multiday festivals – Railbird [Lexington], Rislofest [Harrodsburg], and HollerGirl [Livingston].   “Festivals are heightened situations with possible substance use," explains advocate Alyssa. "By having our…
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Battered Women’s Movement

May 15, 2023By 21 Years, Blog, Stories

Domestic violence was seldom a topic of public discourse before 1970. Only 50 years have passed since grassroots rallies, known then as the Battered Women’s Movement, began to raise awareness and call for change. Two decades would pass before the Violence Against Women Act established domestic violence as a federal…

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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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Green Dot

April 12, 2022By Blog, Services
Small actions for a safer city What is Green Dot?   First, imagine a map of your city. Red dots are the issues. They’re incidences of things like intimate partner abuse, sexual violence, and elder abuse. Green Dots on the map represent acts of responding to the red dots.   Green Dot…
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Our 17th Anniversary 💜

February 13, 2022By Blog
It's our 17th anniversary! Federal designation officially naming our organization a nonprofit entity arrived on February 14, 2005.  Services had begun a year from the old YWCA property, while earlier while matters of governance and partnerships were addressed. Darlene, our executive director, reflects on the night when the decision was…
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