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Victim Services for Women and Children

Mission Statement and Description

Mission Statement

Our mission is to end domestic violence by changing individual, institutional and societal beliefs, attitudes and behaviors that perpetuate it. To achieve this we will work with the community to:

PROVIDE services in San Diego and San Diego County and to people, primarily women and children, who have experienced physical, emotional or sexual abuse. We are dedicated to preventing domestic violence through advocacy, education and support.

Since May 2000, the Eugene Bowman Economic Empowerment Center has provided support, counseling, referrals and information to over 600 victims of violence. We believe it is important for survivors of all types of violence to regain control of their lives. The Center empowers them to make their own decisions through the recovery process. This includes such decisions as reporting their victimization to the police, and seeking medical services and counseling. We are dedicated to empowering youth, adults and families. We offer counseling, prevention and intervention services in a compassionate and healing environment. We share a passion to insure that every family and child has a healthy start and future. We provide information to the community concerning violence and other related issues.

Our goals are to reduce domestic violence among women and children by addressing the root causes of domestic violence and to provide victims of violence with the knowledge and practical skills to the prevention of domestic violence. We provide services to victims of violence and abuse who seek protection from their abusers, peace in their lives, and justice. We also refer battered women and their children safe places where they can heal and empower them to rebuild their lives.

• Statistics show that one in four women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime.
• Domestic violence is the single largest cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44 in the United States - more than muggings, car accidents, and rapes combined.
• Research shows that approximately 900,000 parents are beaten or abused by their children each year.
• Some 57 percent of teenagers know someone who has been physically, sexually, or verbally abusive in a dating relationship.

The residual effects of domestic violence can also be seen in the workplace as well. Some 21 percent of employed adults in the United States are victims of domestic violence, and the costs to U.S. businesses of intimate partner violence exceed $5.8 billion each year in absenteeism, lower productivity, turnover and safety costs - $4.1 billion of which is for direct medical and mental health care services. Yearly, there are 30,000 to 40,000 reported incidents of domestic abuse in the workplace, and 94 percent of corporate security directors rank the issue as a high security challenge at their companies.

Project Description

The Victims Services Program for Women and Children offers comprehensive services to victims of domestic abuse who seek protection from their abusers,

Our organization continues to effectively meet the growing demand for services.  We have developed specialized services for victims from traditionally underserved populations. Our operations, then, include the provision of services not only to shelter residents, but also on an outreach basis to clients who are not living in the shelters.

Objective

September of 2006 we reduced the number of interventions to children and women of domestic by 65% in San Diego County.

Additional Objectives

Improved community and system responses to children and their families of violence by 85% by December 2007

Provide training to the staff of various youth agencies to increase their awareness of child abuse and the effects of domestic violence on children.  Provide outreach to women and families in crisis and to encourage voluntary self-referral.

Population Served     

Our target populations are minority women and children, African American and Hispanic of all ages.

Project Outcomes

q       Increased survivor safety over time;
q       Reduced incidence of abuse in the community;
q       Reduced homicide in the community; and/or
q       Improved quality of life for survivors.

Progress Measured

q       The number of victims who completely leave abusive relationships;

q       The number of victims who receive our services (thereby moving them one step closer to leaving an abusive relationship);

q       Ensuring that the array of services necessary to leave an abusive relationship is in place for those who are at the point at which they can choose to do so.

q       Creating awareness in the community that domestic violence is a severe threat to countless women and children and cannot be tolerated.

Youth Empowerment
Lorraine Bowman, President
4249 Manzanita Drive
San Diego, California 92105
info@empowering-youth.org