2% - Women Against Abuse

throughout the past year, Women Against Abuse has been
involved in several collaborations designed to improve the
City’s response to domestic violence. Highlighted here is a
brief sampling of the agency’s many partnerships.
one of the most significant initiatives is a police
telephone outreach project that has the potential to
decrease domestic homicides by creating early access
to intervention and services for the more than 100,000
domestic violence calls that police receive each year.
Women against abuse worked with the philadelphia
police Department and other community stakeholders
to create a new reporting form for domestic violence
police calls in order to capture evidence that can be
used in court to hold abusers accountable. police are
also providing Women against abuse with a safe
number to reach the victim. through this partnership,
Women against abuse is able to immediately contact
the victim to offer safety planning and support. this
pilot project has proven highly successful in three of
the City’s six police divisions, and we are now seeking
additional funding to continue this project and
expand it citywide.
Women against abuse has also made strides in the
healthcare sector. the agency and its community
stakeholders convened local hospital emergency
department to develop a citywide best practice model
for how healthcare personnel can screen for domestic
violence among patients. In addition, the Hospital of
the university of pennsylvania has added the Women
against abuse ipledge Campaign – an antiviolence
initiative – to its discharge papers. through this
partnership, the hospital’s 60,000 patients will have
the opportunity to sign a pledge against using or
condoning violence!
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iPledge Press conference 2010:
the iPledge campaign is a citywide anti-violence
movement which calls on ordinary Philadelphians
to help end violence at home and in the community.
5K Walk to end domestic violence 2010
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Fiscal Year 2010: July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010
the following figures were taken from the audited financial statements, ending June 30, 2010.
• gRants & contRacts ———— $4,612,773
Federal ...............................$1,530,941
u.S. Department of Health & Human Services
u.S. Department of Justice
Federal emergency Management agency
Commonwealth of PA. .............$1,287,339
pa Commission on Crime and Delinquency
pa Department of public Welfare
pa Department of education
City of Philadelphia .................$1,624,490
District attorney’s office
Department of Human Services
office of Supportive Housing
Other. ..................................$170,003
Homeless assistance Fund
Interest on lawyers trust account
Mid-atlantic network of Youth and
Family Services
Corporate and other
City of Philadelphia ..................$1,911,181
District attorney’s office
Department of Human Services
office of Supportive Housing
• foundation suPPoRt ———— $375,999
• PRivate suPPoRt —————————— $999,294
Individual and corporate contributions
pro-bono and volunteered services
• otHeR ———————————————— $10,994
participant rent
Speaker Stipends
ResouRce distRibution
Financial Summary
• emergency Shelter, philadelphia
Domestic Violence Hotline,
aftercare Services: .............58%
• legal Services...................19%
• transitional Housing and
aftercare Services:...............9%
• education and training: ......... 3%
• Behavioral Health Services: . . . . . 2%
• administrative Services: ........ 5%
• Fundraising ...................... 3%
Resource Distribution
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