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FINANCIAL ABUSE OCCURS IN 99% OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES Financial or economic abuse occurs when someone makes or tries to make a person financially dependent by taking control of financial resources, not allowing access to finances or stealing money. Financial abuse is one of the most common forms of domestic violence. Financial abuse is often hard to… Continue Reading THE TYPE OF ABUSE NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT

Fidela’s Story: “In February of 2014 I was really sick, alone, and scared, and I didn’t know what to do. I had experienced domestic violence, both physically and emotionally. I was sleeping in my car and suffered through the heat and the cold and the hunger until I called the YWCA. They quickly answered my… Continue Reading COMING OUT OF HOMELESSNESS: FIDELA’S JOURNEY TO SAFETY