One of the lady's over at PF (PilotFamilies.com) had this to say:
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Hi Kristie,
I saw the thread on JC about domestic violence. Here's info to pass along:
http://phoenix.gov/POLICE/dvlear1.html http://www.sboard.org/SHELTERS/AZ.HTM http://www.law.arizona.edu/depts/clinics/dvc/ http://www.azag.gov/victims_rights/D...nce/index.html
Once upon a time I got my first job with the Governor's Justice Commission which was the PA state agency to handle federal LEAA money. We were to fund programs that were new in law enforcement--they were to be three year seed money grants. Being the new kid on the block, I got to work with the "peons". We were supposed to fund programs that helped eradicate murder, rape and felonies. A group of women came in and wanted to see someone and they were assigned to the peon group and got me. We wrote a grant proposal to fund a women's shelter for abused women in Philadelphia. We were up against the sheriff of Philadelphia who had a grant for 5 writ servers (not felonies--just patronage!). We went before the local committees and then the full state committee. We won. The next day, he called me up--I was all of 22. He told me, "Young lady, do you know what you have done? There's no such thing as an abused woman." Duh, we got the FIRST ever shelter for abused women started! It all started in Philadelphia in 1977. I'm very proud of that.
Please pass along the info and my thoughts to this woman.
Roz
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I forgot that she used to work for domestic violence shelter - I should have asked her days ago and I totally apologize for not doing that.
Hopefully some of what Roz mentioned will be much more helpful!!