Subject:
Title
Resolution Acknowledging October 2025 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month - District 3
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Fiscal Impact:
N/A
Dept/Office:
Housing and Human Services
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners approve a Resolution recognizing October 2025 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
From the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence:
* An average of 24 people per minute are victims of rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States: more than 12 million women and men over the course of a single year.
* 14.8% of women and 4% of men in the United States have been injured as a result of intimate partner violence that included rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner.
* 1 in 4 women (24.3%) and 1 in 7 men (13.8%) aged 18 and older in the United States have been the victim of severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime.
* Over 1 in 3 women (35.6%) and 1 in 4 men (28.5%) in the United States have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime.
* 9.4% of high school students reported being hit, slapped, or physically hurt intentionally by their partner in the previous 12 months.
* Approximately 1 in 5 women and 1 in 7 men who experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner first experienced some form of partner violence between 11 and 17 years of age.
* 1 in 10 high school students has experienced physical violence from a dating partner in the past year.
* 58% of college students say they don't know what to do to help someone who is a victim of dating abuse.
* 96% of employed domestic violence victims experience problems at work because of the abuse.
* Over 70% of US workplaces don't have a formal program or policy to address workplace violence.
From the National Network to End Domestic Violence:
* Domestic violence an...
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