Addressing Domestic Violence (Aired Feb. 25, 2011)




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Summary: Leah Feldman, Project Coordinator of Universal Response to Domestic Violence, and Kathy Graham, Director of Battered Women’s Services of Family Services, Inc., discuss the Family Service agency’s 24/7 free domestic violence crisis intervention program. This program includes a hotline, counseling, advocacy, support groups, childcare, emergency transportation, youth domestic violence prevention education, community outreach, and education. Their agency provides services primarily in Dutchess County, but similar agencies with these services are available in all counties in the Hudson Valley and beyond.