FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
September 30, 2005
Contact:  Rachel Kleinman
(202) 225-3772
 

$85,457 Awarded To AR Coalition Against Domestic Violence
 
(Washington, D.C.)  United States Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor, and Representatives Marion Berry (AR-01), John Boozman (AR-03), Mike Ross (AR-04), and Vic Snyder (AR-02) announced today that the Arkansas Coalition Against Domestic Violence will receive $85,457 for statewide use through the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women. 

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and each year about 960,000 incidents of violence are reported against a current or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend.  On average, three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in the United States every day, and approximately one in five female high school students reports being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner. 

The Arkansas Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ACADV) is a network of 35 member programs that advocate for the safety and rights of battered and sexually abused women and their children.  ACADV will use this grant to improve and expand the organization by providing training, technical assistance and coordination of statewide activities for domestic violence programs, to coordinate and conduct statewide and regional meetings and member programs to assess needs and share information, and to provide staff salaries.


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