24 Hour Crisis Line 252-925-2500
Six Facts About People with Disabilities and Domestic Violence Did you know ... People with disabilities have a higher lifetime prevalence of experiencing abuse than people without disabilities. People with…
Kavitha Cardoza Clare Marie Schneider No parent imagines that teen dating violence could affect their child. Yet according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 26% of women say…
Communities have to remember that survivors are the experts By Kit Gruelle As an advocate for abused women and an educator and trainer on domestic violence, I’ve been traveling around…
Read in app Credit...Illustration by The New York Times By Maya Salam May 21, 2019 “This is a public health issue that should be taken seriously.” — Avanti Adhia, the…
When it's time to escape, make sure to have a plan By DomesticShelters.org About 20% of abuse victims file for a personal protection order, or PPO, according to the Centers…
Jennifer Benner February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM), and the theme for this year is “Talk About It.” It is a call to action for young people and…
What you can expect to happen if your batterer breaks a restraining order By DomesticShelters.org Ideally, an order of protection—commonly referred to as a restraining order—would keep a batterer from…
Rhitu Chatterjee Teen romance gone wrong can be dangerous for girls. Around 7 percent of teen homicides between 2003 and 2016 were committed by intimate partners, and girls were the…
Abusers torment their exes through the courts in a form of coercive control By Lisa Aronson Fontes, PhD and Christine Cocchiola, LCSW When abusers use the courts to harass their…
Here’s how you can spot an issue and help your child break free from a toxic relationship. By Dr. Gail Saltz Most people think of domestic abuse as something that…