In 2008, the District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police Department received a domestic violence-related phone call once every 17 minutes. Despite that statistic, there are currently only 96 units of safe housing available to domestic violence survivors and their families in Washington D.C.

Join our collaborative, community-based effort to ensure that victims of domestic violence and their children in the District of Columbia have adequate safe housing and housing support services. Our goal is to secure a Fiscal Year 2011 federal appropriation for the District of Columbia to sustain and increase capacity to meet the dire safe housing needs of victims and children. 

Because the District is not a state, local officials do not have access to alternate, sustainable revenue that their counterparts in states rely upon to fund safe housing and victim services. 38 states have access to alternate, sustainable revenue. Federal lawmakers are in a position to dedicate gap funding to stabilize and increase these services in DC. This funding would reform a broken system and save lives.

This means that wherever you live, we need your support! Please take two minutes to sign the petition provided at the link provided here: www.thepetitionsite.com/2/home-should-be-a-safe-place-initiative

Thank you for adding your voice!

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