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No part of the state is untouched by domestic violence. Domestic violence homicides took place in 22 of Wisconsin's 72 counties last year, with about 42% occurring in rural areas and 58% in urban ...
Over the past five years, U.S. groups have received less money, including the Upstate's First Light, Project R.E.S.T., and Julie Valentine Center
Funding cuts and the increase in employers’ national insurance contributions will have “dire consequences” for victims of domestic and sexual violence, charities have warned. On Monday, a ...
In the aftermath of the 2014 Killing of Tamir Rice, [1] the 2015 United States Department of Justice consent decree showed a Cleveland Division of Police pattern of excessive use of force, [2] established the Community Police Commission, [1] and required a community policing model [3] department wide rather than a designated unit. [4] In 2021 ...
"Defund the police", a phrase popularized by Black Lives Matter during the George Floyd protests. In the United States, "defund the police" is a slogan advocating for reallocating funds from police departments to non-policing forms of public safety and community support initiatives, such as social services, youth programs, housing, education, healthcare, and other community resources.
In 2009, Governor Schwarzenegger of California cut $16,000 in state funding to domestic violence programs because of the state's budget deficit. [74] In late 2011 Washington governor Christine Gregoire released a budget proposal stripping all state funding for domestic violence and women's shelters across Washington State. [ 75 ]
In the late 1970s, women’s groups had turned domestic violence into a major national cause, and abused women successfully sued police departments for failing to protect them. Over the next decade, states passed legislation empowering police to make arrests in domestic incidents and to enforce protective orders.
The head of a charity that helps women flee domestic violence says she fears "lives could be lost" if government funding is cut. Peterborough Women's Aid runs The Dahlia Project, which supports ...