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DID YOU KNOW:

  • Love By The Handles is a registered organization with The National Domestic Violence Hotline
  • On average, women spend about $950 on domestic violence emergency care visit.
  • 1 in 6 women in the United States experience severe stalking.
  • 4% of men have been injured as a result of intimate partner violence.
  • A victim of Domestic Violence waits until they've been hit an average of 35 times before filing a police report.
  • 15.5 million children are exposed to domestic violence each year.
  • 1 in 3 teens in the U.S. will experience physical, sexual or emotional abuse by someone they are in a relationship with before they become adults.
  • February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.
  • April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
  • September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
  • October Domestic Violence Awareness Month
  • November is National Homeless Hunger & Youth Awareness Month
  • Mental, Verbal, and Emotional abuse are real and very severe... however, the law governing restraining orders does not cover those types of abuse.
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