Promoting Safety for Women and Children Since 1971

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Promoting Safety for Women and Children Since 1971
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Whats our Mission

• Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence seeks
  to end domestic violence in the moment and for
  all
• time, addressing all sides of the issue by
  helping
• victims to rebuild their lives, building
  resilience
• in children who are exposed to domestic
• violence, and advocating for responsible change.

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Definition of Domestic Violence

• Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive
• behavior where one partner in an intimate
• relationship controls another through
• force, intimidation, or the threat of
• violence.

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Dynamics of Domestic Violence

• Nearly one in four women in the United States
  reports experiencing violence by a current or
  former spouse or boyfriend at some point in her
  life.
• -Centers
  for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008
• Women of all ages are at risk for domestic and
  sexual violence, and those age 20 to 24 are at
  the greatest risk of experiencing nonfatal
  intimate partner violence
• -U.S. Department of Justice,
  Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2007

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Who are the unintended victims?

• Witnessing violence between ones partners or
  caretakers is the strongest risk factor of
  transmitting violent behavior from one generation
  to the next
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  - University of Chicago
  Press
• Domestic violence can spill over into the
  workplace, compromising the safety of both
  victims and co-workers. Its impact on the
  workplace may include lost productivity, health
  care costs, absenteeism, and employee turnover.
• -New York State Office for
  Prevention of Domestic Violence

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What victims of domestic violence may experience

• Domestic violence is not a standalone problem. It
  is very complex and
• sometimes entwined with other issues facing
  adults and teenagers,
• including
• Homelessness
• Drug abuse
• Child abuse
• Teenage pregnancy
• Juvenile delinquency
• Poor academic performance
• Unemployment and absenteeism at work

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What are the myths and Illusions of Domestic
Violence?

• It only happens to poor people.
• Not in my neighborhood.
• Never hear about it. Cant be that big of a
  problem.
• The Truth
• Domestic violence affects everyone, rich and
  poor, old and young, throughout Santa Clara
  County.
• -Kathleen
  Krenek, Executive Director, Next Door

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Next Doors History

• In 1971, Bea Robinson and Latina activists
  concerned about violence they and others
  experienced joined together to start a hotline
  and refuge for victims of domestic violence and
  their children. This refuge, called the WOMA
  (Womens Alliance) began and operated out of a
  garage in San Jose.
• It was the second domestic violence shelter in
  California and was the first domestic violence
  shelter offering bilingual (English-Spanish)
  services in the nation.
• 1989 the program expanded and was renamed Next
  Door Solutions to Domestic Violence.

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Our Programs

• A 24-hour Emergency Hotline and Shelter
• 48 affordable housing units and transitional
  supportive services at the HomeSafes in San Jose
  and Santa Clara
• Legal and Immigration advocacy
• Walk-in crisis counseling and advocacy
• The Language Bank, which provides access to
  services in over 26 languages

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Our Programs Continued

• Primary Violence Prevention, dating violence
  education, and support groups for teens
• Childrens programming
• The Self Sufficiency Financial Literacy Program
• Advocacy team for victims at the Family Violence
  Center and CalWORKS
• Community outreach at schools, faith
  congregations and business

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How our Programs Helped

• Next Doors programs collectively helped over
  10,000 women, children
• And me find peace and safety.
• Highlight from our 2010-2011 fiscal year
• The 24-hour Emergency Shelter kept 312 women and
  children safe for 8,088 bed nights
• Next Doors 24-hourHotline responded to 14,636
  crisis and non-crisis English and Spanish calls.

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How our Programs Helped Continued

• Our Legal Program served 639 clients with 8,141
  acts of advocacy, including court accompaniment,
  restraining orders, and immigrant victim
  services.
• Crisis Counseling provided 1,125 walk-in clients
  with crisis intervention, safety plans and
  resources that gave them their familys options
  to violence and abuse.

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How you can Help

• Become a volunteer
• Organize a used cell phone drive
• Recommend Next Door to a company to receive a
  grant or sponsorship for our upcoming event
• Find out about matching gift opportunities
• Consider a planned gift
• Like us on Facebook
• Donate online at www.nextdoor.org

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Special Thank You To!

• The Silicon Valley Capital Club
• Our Celebrity Bartenders
• Jona Denz-Hamilton, 94.5 KBAY
• Sam Liccardo, San Jose Councilmember
• Sgt. Michael DAntonio, Los Gatos PD
• Lara Price, Singer for Girls Got the Blues

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Special Thank You To!

• The Next Door Board of Directors
• the Next Door Neighbors
• for making this event possible!

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234. E Gish Road, Ste. 200, San Jose, CA.
95112 Community Office 408.501.7550 24-Hour
Hotline [phone] www.nextdoor.org