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  2. To help abuse survivors, Biden watchdog launches rulemaking - AOL

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    (Reuters) - The U.S. watchdog for consumer finance on Monday announced the start of the rulemaking process to protect victims of domestic violence and elder abuse, saying those who suffer such ...

  3. Here's how city of Topeka is putting prosecution of domestic ...

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    The center also maintains a domestic violence hotline staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The phone number is 1-888-822-2983. Topeka's goal in domestic violence prosecution is to prevent ...

  4. Domestic violence in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Victims of Domestic Violence marker, Courthouse Square, Quincy, Florida Domestic violence is a form of violence that occurs within a domestic relationship. Although domestic violence often occurs between partners in the context of an intimate relationship, it may also describe other household violence, such as violence against a child, by a child against a parent or violence between siblings ...

  5. Domestic Violence Statistics: The Horrific Reality

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    If you or a loved one is a victim of abuse, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233, or log on to thehotline.org for help, or call 911 if physical abuse is happening or imminent.

  6. Economic abuse - Wikipedia

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    The Survivors’ Empowerment and Economic Security Act was introduced by the 110th United States Congress to the Senate (S. 1136) and House of Representatives (H.R. 2395) to allow for greater economic freedom for domestic violence victims by providing short-term emergency benefits where needed, guaranteeing employment leave and unemployment ...

  7. Domestic violence - Wikipedia

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    The sheer number of domestic violence victims in the US suggests that it is not merely the result of intimate partners who cannot control their anger. [213] Non-subordination theory contends that it is the batterer's desire to subordinate the victim, not his uncountainable anger, which explains the frequency of domestic violence. [213]

  8. Facts Surrounding Domestic Violence: Known and Unknown

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    The CDC reports that domestic violence costs our nation’s economy more than $8 billion in annual losses to employers, which include costs for medical and mental care and lost productivity.

  9. Family Violence Prevention and Services Act - Wikipedia

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    The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) is a United States law, first authorized as part of the Child Abuse Amendments of 1984 (PL 98–457), that provides federal funding to help victims of domestic violence and their dependent children by providing shelter and related help, offering violence prevention programs, and improving how service agencies work together in communities.