Posts Tagged ‘domestic violence’
Domestic Violence: Effects on Children, Parents, and Families
If you’re experiencing domestic violence and you’re a parent, it hurts you and your children in many ways, it might also affect the relationship that you have with your children. It can affect your ability to give your children the love and attention they need. It can also affect your ability to be the parent…
Read MoreAccommodation and Homelessness
Are you homeless, sleeping rough, in a refuge or couch surfing? You are not alone. In January of 2015, the last time a count was completed of the homeless in Georgia, it was determined that there were 13,790 homeless Georgians on a single night — 1,518 of them being veterans. Although the homeless number is…
Read MoreBehind Closed Doors: Family Violence
Family violence (also called domestic violence or domestic abuse) is not only physical abuse but can be emotional, psychological, sexual, spiritual, economic or legal abuse. All forms of family violence are unacceptable and illegal! In Georgia, family violence covers a range of behaviors committed by a person against a family member. All the behaviors aim…
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