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From the National Domestic Violence Hotline News: Women’s groups, including National Domestic Violence Hotline CEO Sheryl Cates, gathered at Vice President Joe Biden’s home Tuesday night to toast the 15th anniversary of landmark legislation aimed at eliminating violence against women. “You’ve helped so many women step out of the darkness. You’ve helped so many young [...]
Froim the SEIU Blog: Insurance companies have used the excuse of “pre-existing conditions” to deny coverage to countless Americans. From cancer patients to the elderly suffering from arthritis, these organizations have padded their profit margins by limiting coverage to patients deemed “high risk” because of their medical condition. But, in DC and eight other states, [...]
While our economic troubles are taking their toll on the budgets of non-profits and public agencies, there is news of domestic violence funding remaining the same under the Obama administration. In related news, we found this very useful link from the U.S. Department of Justice about how the recovery funds are being spent. Included on [...]
From a new report from the Academy on Violence and Abuse: Violence and abuse leads to as much as a 250 percent increase in healthcare utilization in adults who’ve been victimized at some time in their lives, resulting in increased healthcare expenditures of up to $750 billion annually or 37.5 percent of all healthcare costs. [...]
Womensstake.org has a good rundown of some policy initiatives that are working their way through Congress. The proposals range from increasing access to early education services for low-income children, to increased funding for improving child care facilities. Another interesting proposal, The Family Tax Relief Act of 2009, would increase tax credits for families with children [...]
With budgets being cut for social service programs, the Nevada state government appears ready to add a fee to marriage licensees to help fund domestic violence programs. In England, there is news of a creative approach to public outreach and education. A bus, with experts ready to answer questions on domestic violence, will tour the [...]
In Texas, Vice President Joe Biden visited the National Domestic Violence Hotline Center and talked about funding. From the Dallas News: Money from the federal economic stimulus package is being made available to the National Domestic Violence Hotline Center and a teen abuse dating hotline, (Biden) said. The investment helps saves hospital costs incurred by [...]
Here’s some news of pending legislation making rounds: Introduced in Congress by Representative Barbara Lee (CA) and Senator Frank Lautenberg (NJ), The Responsible Education About Life Act authorizes federal funding for comprehensive, medically accurate sex education for teens. In Wisconsin. there is proposed legislation that grants judges the discretion to order GPS monitoring on high-risk [...]
