A group of Missouri House members wants to create a public registry of repeat domestic violence offenders. One of the bills, HB 3012, is sponsored by Rep. Ann Kelley, R-Lamar, who said the tool is desperately needed in communities to protect against the escalating...
Workers at 15 domestic violence shelters are anxiously awaiting word on whether funding will be available for those shelters after learning that they had been turned down for a grant. The Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) is in its second year of being administered by...
A University of Missouri researcher says a significant number of women who are in or have been in abusive relationships are not getting mental health care. The study involved 50 women who had been the victims of violence brought by intimate partners. It found that...
The budget proposal passed yesterday by the House includes an increase of $1.9 million dollars in state support for the fight against domestic violence. That would raise the amount that goes to help victims to more than $8.4 million dollars. CEO Colleen Coble with the...
An activist against domestic and sexual violence in Missouri says the murder-suicide involving a Kansas City Chiefs player over the weekend has drawn attention to those issues in Missouri. Colleen Coble, Director of the Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual...
