• Domestic violence affects women of all educational, social and economic levels, all ages, all religions, and all ethnic groups.

• The American Psychological Association (APA) estimates nearly one in three adult women experience at least one physical assault by an intimate partner during adulthood.

• The American Psychological Association (APA) estimates that 4 million women experience a serious assault by intimate partner during any 12- month period.

• More than 500,000 women have injuries requiring medical treatment each year that were inflicted upon them by intimate partners. (Ibid.)

• The direct costs of medical treatment for battered women annually are estimated at 1.8 billion. (Journal of Family Practice)

• A woman is battered every 9 seconds.

• A husband or ex-husband, boyfriend or ex-boyfriend kills almost 30% of all women murdered. (Bureau of Justice Statistics)

• Children under the age of 12 resided in 43% of the households in which domestic violence was reported between 1993 and 1998. (Ibid)

• Among women who report having been raped, physically assaulted, or stalked since they were 18 years old, 60% were victimized by a husband, co-habiting partner, a boyfriend, or a date. (Ibid)

• 75% of murder-suicides occurred in the home.
• 324,000 women each year experience intimate partner violence during their pregnancy.
• 1 in 3 teens report knowing a friend or peer who has been hit, punched, slapped, chocked or physically hurt by his or her partner.
• 1 of 3 women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused during her lifetime.
• Women of all races are equally vunerable to violence by an intimate partner.
• Abuse is physical, sexual, emotional, economic or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person. This includes any behaviors that frighten, intimdate, terrorize, manipulate, hurt, humiliate, blame, injure or wound someone.
• 4 MILLION American women experience a serious assault by a partner during an average 12 month period.

Through October of 2007, 654 residents (344 women and 371 children) checked in the shelter and were provided 14,666 nights of shelter. Non-residential services were provided to 568 women, 443 children and 1 man. The staff answered 4,433 information, crisis and counseling calls during the same time period.

Faith House Mission Statement: To provide temporary shelter, safety, empowerment and advocacy, to women and children survivors of domestic violence. To promote change through community collaboration, education and violence prevention programs.

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