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Through an ongoing Capital Campaign, the Women’s Crisis & Family Outreach Center is working to address the escalating needs of domestic violence victims in this region. Once completed, our new 26-bed facility will ensure that we can better meet the needs of more women and children seeking a safe and therapeutic place from which to start the journey towards healing and self-sufficiency.

The alarming trends and devastating consequences of domestic violence in our community speak directly to the need for a larger shelter and expanded programs to support victims.

• In the

United States

, a woman is beaten by her partner every 12 seconds.

•  95% of boys and 72% of girls witnessing domestic violence will carry abuse into their adult relationships, either as victims or perpetrators.

•  In 2006 and 2007, the Douglas County Sheriff's office alone recorded over 1,500 reports of domestic violence.

•  At last tabulation, Douglas County represented 10% of all deaths related to domestic violence for the entire state of Colorado .

•  Law enforcement reports that domestic violence remains the #1 violent crime in this region.

•  In 2006 and 2007, the WCFOC's shelter program had to turn away (find alternative living arrangements) for as many families as we housed because our shelter was full.

Your help is critical in providing sufficient time, space, and services for women and their children to rebuild their lives and their futures.

Annual Partnership Program

The Women’s Crisis & Family Outreach Center has developed an Annual Partnership Program: Commitment, Compassion & Change for corporations and businesses in our community. This partnership supports our organization’s client service programs through annual financial contributions. Along with the commitment to these services, the business will receive recognition through our fundraising and community outreach events as well as our bi-annual newsletter and annual report.

Last year, the WCFOC provided direct services to 10,000 victims and served another 4,300 through trainings and seminars on issues surrounding domestic violence. Services include our 24-hour crisis line, emergency shelter, therapy, legal advocacy, parenting classes and community outreach including a violence prevention initiative to at-risk students within the Douglas County School System. The WCFOC also supplies food, clothing and other daily essentials for living to clients in need. Eighty-five percent of our annual income goes to provide these critical services.

Annually, U.S. businesses spend over $5.1 billion due to loss of employee productivity, medical and mental health care costs for their employees, and absenteeism. By supporting the WCFOC through an annual partnership, businesses are a part of the solution to the devastation that domestic violence has on families and our society as a whole.