Mission

“It is the purpose of Domestic Violence Services, Inc. to provide services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and to work toward ending violence within the community, now and in the future”

Children & Domestic Violence Statistics

5 million children witness domestic violence each year in the US. 40 million adult Americans grew up living with domestic violence.

Children from homes with violence are much more likely to experience significant psychological problems short and long-term.

Children who’ve experienced domestic violence often meet the diagnostic criteria for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the effects on their brain are similar to those experience by combat veterans.

Domestic violence in childhood is directly correlated with difficulties learning, lower IQ scores, deficiencies in visual-motor skills and problems with attention and memory.

Living with domestic violence significantly alters a children’s DNA, aging them prematurely 7-10 years.

Children in homes with violence are physically abused or seriously neglected at a rate 1500% higher than the national average.

Those who grow up with domestic violence are 6 times more likely to commit suicide and 50% more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol.

If you grow up with domestic violence, you’re 74% more likely to commit a violent crime against someone else.

Children of domestic violence are 3 times more likely to repeat the cycle in adulthood, as growing up with domestic violence is the most significant predictor of whether or not someone will engage in domestic violence later in life.

Children & Domestic Violence Statistics From: https://cdv.org/2014/02/10-startling-domestic-violence-statistics-for-children/

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