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" Educating our community to the many facets of
domestic violence while providing refuge and
facilitating change for its victims"
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Community Welcome House and Break the Cycle www.breakthecycle.org have formed a collaboration to raise awareness of teen dating violence in our community.
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Community Welcome House serves as a transitional facility which
provides shelter for families in need. In addition to room
and board, we assist our guests with medical care, child care,
counseling, financial assistance, vocational training, employment,
permanent housing and services as needed.
It is the hope of Community Welcome House that through education,
compassion and action women will become empowered to advance their
roles, rights and well being.
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Domestic
Violence begins in the home. It comes in the form of physical, sexual,
or psychological abuse. A woman is abused every 9-15 seconds. Three
fourths of domestic violence victims surveyed had one or more children
under the age of 18 years of age. 26% of murdered women are killed by
their husbands or boyfriends. 30% of women in emergency rooms are there
because of injuries from abuse. Medical expenses caused by domestic
violence in the U.S. totals between 3-5 billion dollars annually.
Children are present during 80% of the assaults against their mother.
25% of domestic violence victims are pregnant at the time of the abuse.
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Number of Community Welcome House residents
served.
2007
| 126 residents
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| 2006 |
96 residents (44 women and 52 children) |
| 2005 | 174 residents
(86 Women and 88 Children) |
| 2004 | 102 residents |
| 2003 | 85 residents |
| 2002 | 89 residents |
| 2001 | 79 residents |
| 1999 | 72 residents |
| 1998 | 79 residents |
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The three cycles of abuse are:
- Tension Building (slamming of
doors, breaking of possessions, threats) victim tries to appease the
batterer.
- Battering (physical abuse,
sexual abuse, psychological abuse).
- Honeymoon Stage (Continued
effort of power and control, batterer becomes loving and apologetic).
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Community
Welcome House, Inc. P.O Box 1631
Newnan, GA 30264
Phone: (770) 304-0966
Fax: (770) 252-2938
If you are involved in an
emergency situation....
Call 911 immediately!!
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