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Sep. 29, 2011
The Dove Center has been selected to receive a $20,000 grant from the Mary Kay Foundation as part of its annual $3 million national domestic violence grant program. The Dove Center is one of 150 domestic violence organizations participating in the program. The grant will be used to support operating expenses of the agency’s domestic violence shelter, which houses an average of 125 women and children every year.
“We are so happy to have the support of the Mary Kay Foundation as we enter our 20th year in Garrett County,” stated Heather Hanline, Dove Center executive director.
“With the help of this grant and our new facility – which is the product of 10 years of planning, fundraising, and grant writing – we are fully prepared to provide comfort, safety, and healing to families in crisis.”
According to the Mary Kay Truth About Abuse national survey conducted last March, the current economic downturn has increased demand for the services provided by domestic violence shelters. The report also finds that the ability for these centers to raise funds and provide services will decrease in 2012. The survey also suggests that:
• 80 percent of domestic violence shelters nationwide report an increase in women seeking assistance from abuse, with most victims attributing violence to financial issues;
• 76 percent of domestic violence shelters indicate their funding has decreased;
• 65 percent of women in shelters can’t find employment due to the economy.
• 56 percent of shelters state that abuse is more violent than before the economic downturn;
“In light of the economic downturn and alarming increases in domestic violence, the Mary Kay Foundation’s mission is more critical than ever before,” said Jennifer Cook, MKF board member.
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