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MyspaceChild Abuse Listening & Mediation has received a $20,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation that will assist in funding their Domestic Violence Group Therapy program which provides support, counseling, case management, training, and referral services for mothers and children who have experienced domestic violence. The Verizon funds will provide staff resources and supplies to enable children to meet in age-appropriate peer groups, while mothers meet in parallel groups, receiving vital support during a critical recovery period.
CALM Board Member Dr. Gilbert Reyes, Executive Director Cecilia Rodriguez, Verizon Director of Government and External Affairs Holly Cole, CALM Clinical Director Elly Rumelt
In these groups, CALM therapists help families develop a safety plan in cases of ongoing or potential abuse, and recognize the warning signs of potential violence in a relationship. Group work provides a safe place for children to share their feelings, learn they are not alone, and understand that what happened was not their fault. Mothers learn the special skills that they need to parent children who have lived through family trauma. This learning is an essential component in stopping the cycle of violence. Once a month, families from the groups meet together to share meals and experiences, practice communication skills they’ve learned, and recognize their strengths and accomplishments, providing an essential support network for survivors who are often isolated from friends and family as a result of domestic violence.
“The Domestic Violence Group Therapy program makes a profound difference in the lives of victims of domestic violence,” said Holly Cole, Verizon director of government and external affairs. “Raising awareness of domestic violence and aiding in its prevention is one of Verizon’s principal areas of focus. Verizon is proud to support organizations such as CALM that are working to break the cycle of violence and provide support to those in need.”
“CALM’s work with victims of domestic violence is strength-based, and trains and empowers women to trust themselves and stand on their own,” said Cecilia Rodriguez, Executive Director of CALM. “CALM’s partnership with Verizon will help support the delivery of treatment services to make it possible for CALM to better serve children and families suffering from domestic violence.”
CALM, Child Abuse Listening and Mediation, was founded in 1970 to reach stressed parents before they hurt their children. CALM continues to be the only non-profit agency in Santa Barbara County focusing solely on preventing, assessing, and treating child abuse and family violence through comprehensive, cutting-edge programs. CALM offers children, families, and adults a safe, non-judgmental, caring, and strength-based environment to heal and increase family well-being. For more information about all of CALM’s services, please visit online or call (805) 965-2376.
The Verizon Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Verizon Communications, supports the advancement of literacy and K-12 education through its free educational website, Verizon Thinkfinity, and fosters awareness and prevention of domestic violence.
In 2009, the Verizon Foundation awarded $67.9 million in grants to nonprofit agencies in the U.S. and abroad. It also matched the charitable donations of Verizon employees and retirees, resulting in $26.1 million in combined contributions to nonprofits. Through Verizon Volunteers, one of the nation’s largest employee volunteer programs, Verizon employees and retirees have volunteered more than 5 million hours of community service since 2000.
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Governor Schwarzenegger has to be commended for making a very wise, sound decision in restoring funding for battered women shelters. Without a shelter for a battered woman to go to, she could be killed or severely beaten. This is a very important point that Governor Schwarzenegger recognized. Most men are bigger than women. This is a reverse decision for Governor Schwarzenegger and this decision shows that the Governor has a flexible mind to do what is right. Well done! Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger! You have saved the lives of many battered women. If a husband has plans to kill his wife, beware, the "Terminator will be Back."
EarlRichards (anonymous profile)
November 11, 2010 at 12:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)
What about all the men who are victims of women's domestic violence? Women's domestic violence against men is grossly under reported, while male victims are still routinely being ignored by the taxpayer funded domestic violence industry. Credible research overwhelmingly shows that the ratio of d.v. is at least 50/50 between women & men. http://tinyurl.com/3sakk According to one study by researchers who work at the CDC, in 70% of domestic violence incidents, where the domestic violence is not mutual, it's women who initiate the domestic violence. http://tinyurl.com/yzm9xhe The taxpayer funded domestic violence industry has largely mischaracterized the true nature of d.v. from the beginning and continues to mislead the public. D.V. law follows a gender feminist agenda/ideology over facts in evidence and does great harm to many innocent men (and also many battering women who need help) as shown in "Los Misandry" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAmOxv...
Ray2447 (anonymous profile)
November 11, 2010 at 5:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)
V.P. Biden recently called violence against women, "the very worst abuse." The very worst abuse is valuing one life less than another for having been born the wrong sex. Under Biden's Violence Against Women Act the wrong sex is men. Shelter and services are virtually non-existent for male victims of domestic violence so those options out of a bad relationship, that are routinely available to women, are very often not available to men. Men wind up gender profiled and often falsely accused by the taxpayer funded, d.v. industry, because of gender feminist ideology controlling the d.v. industry. Men are often battered by domestic violence, and then battered again by the taxpayer funded, domestic violence industry as shown in "Los Misandry" at Youtube.
Ray2447 (anonymous profile)
November 11, 2010 at 5:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Little children are least able to contend with domestic violence in their families. According to the U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services and DOJ statistics, more kids are killed by neglect and abuse in a year (1,760 in 2007), than all the female intimate partner homicides in a year. Mothers are the single largest group of kid killers, according to HHS and they have a rate twice that of fathers. Nowhere near the money is spent to protect kids from kid killing mothers as is spent by the domestic violence industry to protect women. A lot of innocent men are witch-hunted by the corrupt, gender feminist influenced, taxpayer funded, domestic violence industry. Involving the corrupt d.v. industry in an attempt to prevent abusive and neglectful deaths of children is a big mistake. No place better characterizes the corruption of the taxpayer funded, domestic violence industry than "Los Misandry" as shown in "Los Misadnry" at Youtube.
Ray2447 (anonymous profile)
November 11, 2010 at 5:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)