Christmas and other winter holidays are just around the corner, and while most people look forward to the season with excitement, it can be a difficult time for people in vulnerable situations, like those leaving behind an abusive relationship.
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Student athletes from the Hawkeye women’s basketball and the men’s track and field teams rolled up their sleeves last weekend to help create a space in Johnson County where people fleeing domestic violence can stay with their pets while seeking help.
The Domestic Violence Intervention Center, an Iowa City-based nonprofit, is continuing to raise funds to support its new domestic violence shelter, which is on track be built by the end of September 2024, according to Alta Medea, the director of community engagement for the program.
The Domestic Violence Intervention Program will host a celebration from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Big Grove Iowa City to raise money for a new emergency shelter.
Survivors of domestic violence turn to hotel vouchers, other diversion methods for emergency shelter as the state faces a shortage of emergency shelter beds for survivors — exacerbated by a lack of affordable housing in Iowa’s communities.
Ground was broken Thursday for the new Domestic Violence Intervention Program emergency shelter in Iowa City. It will have ‘family pods’ to provide more privacy to residents
No matter which team you support, there’s a soup for you at the Domestic Violence Intervention Program’s 26th annual fundraiser.
The Domestic Violence Intervention Program in Iowa City is hosting a gift drive through Dec. 24 that will benefit domestic violence survivors who have used the program’s services this year.
On the heels of a state report on lives lost to domestic violence in 2022, victim advocates say a measure on the ballot Nov. 8 will make it harder to enact gun laws in Iowa to keep firearms out of the hands of abusers.
Domestic Violence Intervention Program, based out of Iowa City, has announced events for the month of October, which is national Domestic Violence Awareness month.
The Safer Communities Act — a bipartisan gun safety bill signed into law by President Joe Biden on June 25 — closed what was known as the “boyfriend loophole” on a national level, but gaps still in exist in Iowa that keep the loophole open in most cases, experts say.
DVIP is seeking donations and fundraising solutions to fill its funding gap. The punk show The James Theater on Friday will raise funds for the organization.
The COVID-19 pandemic is being looked at as one cause of a surge in domestic violence during the past two years, but other factors are involved as well.
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