by Mike Lear | Mar 5, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
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...
by Mike Lear | Jun 19, 2013 | Health / Medicine, News
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...
by Mike Lear | Mar 29, 2013 | Crime / Courts, News
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...
by Mike Lear | Dec 5, 2012 | Crime / Courts, News
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...
by admin | May 17, 2009 | Health / Medicine
The annual KidsCount report is out. It provides county-by-county data on the health and wellbeing of Missouri’schildren. While child abuseand neglect cases in Missouriare down from last year, high school dropout rates are higher. The Kids Countreport compares...
