The City of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa’s domestic violence awareness initiative, S.A.F.E. (Stop Abuse From Existing) is a long-term commitment to reduce domestic violence and teen dating violence in the City’s communities through a variety of linked strategies.
One of the main strategies is our Domestic Abuse Response Team, or DART, a law enforcement-based crisis response effort that serves approximately 1,000 domestic violence victims annually through services that include immediate crisis intervention on scene or at the hospital, case management, counseling, referrals to shelters and other resources and advocacy. The DART program pairs victim advocates with LAPD officers to respond to domestic violence calls.
State funding for DART was eliminated in 2005, but since then, the City stepped up its commitment and doubled the program in the last six years to ensure assistance for survivors who endure this pain.
Please click here to learn about the City’s Domestic Abuse Response Team (DART).
The City of Los Angeles has also collaborated with a variety of community partners to spread awareness in October for Domestic Violence Awareness Month as well as throughout the year.
HELP SPREAD THE SAFE MESSAGE
Display S.A.F.E. card and posters so that everyone who visits your organization or institution will have an opportunity to see the information. Download the materials below and help raise awareness.
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Thank you Mayor Villaraigosa for your brave comments on the news. I live in Las Vegas, Nv. and was impressed by your secret. One that I can relate to as well. I was born and raised in Los Angeles and come from a big family and as a little girl I was shamed and witnessed many things. It is something you do not talk about! I have 7 brothers and a couple of them are bullies and one was even a police officer. . . in our culture that is one of the areas that needs to be healed and it will only get better only when you talk about it. As little girls you look for the Daddy/Father that was not avaliable or did not protect you – then you marry someone with the same background! I have learned that healing only comes from above.
Shame is something that is deeply rooted. Hold your head up and be proud you did not cause this, be free. . . this baggage belongs to the person that did you the harm.
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