Providing 
"A Pathway for New Beginnings"

• Domestic Abuse Prevention Association is a business designed to prevent domestic abuse. 
• We specialize in assisting girls and young adults in understanding dating violence and provide them with necessary education and tools to avoid getting involved with a potential abuser.
• We speak with parents regarding
  their role in preventing domestic abuse.
  
• We provide domestic abuse awareness training and workshops to assist
  others to identify signs of abuse in people they know and motivate them to safely get involved. 
• We fortify women with education and counseling to move forward after escaping from an abusive relationship. 
• We fortify women with education and counseling to move forward after escaping from an abusive relationship. 
• We fortify women with education and counseling to move forward after escaping from an abusive relationship. 
• We fortify women with education and counseling to move forward after escaping from an abusive relationship. 

More on What We Do

We offer seminars to educate others on steps they can take to prevent domestic abuse.

We speak with parents to make them aware of the role they play in raising their children to avoid becoming a target of abuse. 

Young adults will benefit from our "Teenage Series" workshops which are designed to bring to light the issue of dating abuse while building self-respect and self-confidence.

We offer counseling and teach life-skills to assist targets of abuse to confidently move forward and lead rewarding lives after escaping from an abuser. 

We instill the self-confidence and self-assurance targets require to break free from the mental anguish of having been in an abusive relationship.

Seminars and public speaking engagements are offered for groups and organizations on a variety of domestic abuse topics with a focus on prevention of domestic abuse.  Our seminars and workshops are tailored to our fit the needs of our clients.  

Please get involved by calling

Domestic Abuse Prevention Association

today. 

913-485-8231

Each of us can help save a life or prevent another act of violence! 

What the Statistics Show  

• "The U.S. Surgeon General has declared that attacks by male partners are the number one cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44."
• "The American Medical Association reports that one woman out of three will be a victim of violence by a husband or boyfriend during her lifetime."
• "The emotional effects of partner violence are a factor in more than 1/4 of female suicide attempts and are a leading cause of substance abuse in adult women."
• "Experts estimate that 5 million children per year witness an assault on their mothers, an experience that can leave them traumatized." 
• "Children exposed to violence at home show higher rates of school behavior and attention problems, aggression, substance abuse, depression, and many other measures of childhood distress."
• "More than 50% of female victims of intimate violence live in household with children under age 12."
• "Nearly 1/3 of American women (31%) report being physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives." 
• "13% of teenage girls said they have been in abusive relationships."
• "1 in 4 teenage girls reveal they have been pressured to perform oral sex or engage in intercourse."
• "81% of parents do not believe or do not know that teenage violence is an issue."
• "Nearly 80% of girls who have been physically abused in their intimate relationships continue to date their abuser."
• "Of the females killed each year, 30% are killed by their husband or boyfriend."
• "74% of employed battered women were harassed by their partner while they were at work."
• Not to be misunderstood, "women of all races and economic backgrounds were equally vulerable to attacks by their partners."

Sources:  loveisnotabuse.com; Bancroft, Lundy. Why Does He Do That.  New York: The Berkley Publishing Group, 2002