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Victim Services Incorporated to assume domestic violence services for Cambria and Somerset Counties

PCADV seeks proposals for domestic violence services provider in Cambria and Somerset counties

PCADV Requests Grant Through Emergency Solutions – CARES Act

Stalking Isn’t Romantic

PCADV Condemns the Insurrection at the US Capitol

PCADV and State Legislators Honor 112 Lives Lost to Domestic Violence in Pennsylvania in Virtual Ceremony

Victim Services Incorporated to assume domestic violence services for Cambria and Somerset Counties

Uber and PCADV to Provide Free Rides for Survivors of Abuse

PCADV seeks proposals for domestic violence services provider in Cambria and Somerset counties

PCADV’s Prevention Statewide Leadership Team Releases Bold Five-Year State Action Plan for Preventing Domestic Violence in Pennsylvania

PCADV’s Prevention team publishes report on pay equity in Pennsylvania

PCADV receives grant from Richard King Mellon Foundation for domestic violence housing initiative

Gender Wage Gap Fact Sheet 2021

Pay Equity Report 2021

This report examines the impact of the gender wage gap in the U.S. and PA as well as the link between the gender wage gap and risk factors for domestic violence. It also explores potential remedies aimed at eliminating the gender wage gap.

2018 Program Services Statistics

PCADV & local domestic violence programs work tirelessly serving victims of domestic violence and their children. We break down the numbers of how we served our communities in 2018.

Economic Justice & Empowerment Program Outcomes

Domestic violence programs implement various forms of economic justice and empowerment work in their everyday interactions with survivors. This fact-sheet shares the effectiveness of the program since its conception.

Fatality Reports

The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence’s (PCADV) annual Fatality Report has been the single most reliable source for information about domestic violence-related deaths in Pennsylvania for more than 19 years.

PCADV Annual Report – FY 2019-2020

Why don’t they just leave: Examining 8 barriers that exist for survivors

Britney Spears’ conservatorship reveals many common tactics of abuse

The Underlying Impact of Financial Abuse

Stalking Isn’t Romantic

Giving Tuesday: A chance to make a difference

Funding at the forefront for domestic violence survivors

Pa. organization hopes to engage communities with domestic violence awareness, prevention messaging

April 15, 2021 – PCADV recently completed a CDC-funded messaging study to determine how best to engage Pennsylvanians with the issue of domestic violence. The results of the study support steps laid out in PCADV’s five-year action plan released this year and provide guidance for awareness and prevention messaging going forward.

SmartTalk – Domestic violence rates on the rise and insight for prevention

April 14, 2021 – PCADV is on a campaign to prevent domestic violence rather than just make the public aware of it. PCADV Director of Prevention Kristen Herman joins us on Wednesday’s Smart Talk to talk about the messages.

Cumberland County fatal shooting shows domestic violence cuts across all demographics, experts say

April 12, 2021 – The shooting death of 51-year-old Joanna R. Miller of East Pennsboro Township underscores the reality of violence among family members and intimate partners. It cuts across all demographics and shatters all preconceived notions as to who is capable of committing domestic violence, experts say.

PCADV’s Leadership Team Releases Plan for Preventing Domestic Violence in Pennsylvania

April 7, 2021 – Rooted in a social justice approach, the plan looks at the prevalence of domestic violence by acknowledging and addressing oppressions that lead to inequities in access to power and resources across groups of people. Moreover, the messaging research conducted by PCADV will inform external communication of the State Action Plan to ensure it is tangible, digestible and meaningful.