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By: Emily Wolf and Tristen Rouse // Columbia Missourian COLUMBIA, Mo. — Combating this violence takes resources. Running a domestic violence shelter isn’t cheap; it requires paying employees for round-the-clock shifts, providing food and personal hygiene products and, in some cases, providing legal counsel to survivors. Now, COVID-19 is increasing those demands exponentially. ‘When you think of …

By: Carolina Cruz, // Channel 5 KANSAS CITY, MO. — Newhouse, Kansas City’s first domestic violence shelter, is using Valentine’s Day to ensure people are respected and entering healthy relationships. Learn more >>

By: Anna Spoerre and Cortlynn Stark // Kansas City Star KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Domestic violence shelters, along with rape, crisis and child advocacy centers worry they may soon have to make difficult decisions about funding that could significantly limit the services and resources they offer victims. Late last year, Congress announced a roughly $600 million cut …

One out of every four women has faced physical violence from an intimate partner, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV). These encounters have lasting scars, as many people who suffer a traumatic experience such as physical violence or the threat of physical harm are affected mentally. The trauma can lead to post-traumatic …

As Newhouse Lead Therapist + Director of Student Development, Ondria Thornton lives out her passion for breaking the cycle of domestic violence every day. Her connection to domestic violence from an early age has sparked a meaningful career partnering with Newhouse residents to transform their lives. Meet Ondria.  Her Newhouse connection The power of the …

by KCUR // Up To Date Prior to the pandemic, many area domestic violence shelters were operating at capacity. With pandemic safety guidelines in place, shelters are losing beds while the need for them has deepened. Kansas City has seen a 30% increase in domestic violence related calls to Newhouse Shelter according to CEO Courtney …

By: Anna Spoerre // Kansas City Star KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jane Doe sat in her Kansas City metro area home late on a summer night watching the hours tick by as she waited for her husband to come home. When he did — intoxicated, again — fear took over. Fear for her life, and fear for her …

By: KC Spotlight Staff, // Channel 41 KANSAS CITY, MO. — Domestic violence never takes a break and neither does Newhouse Shelter. Domestic violence is is a community health issue and Newhouse is on the front lines addressing the near 30% surge of reported cases during COVID. Help survivors escape dangerous situations by supporting the Newhouse SOS Campaign.

By: Chris Oberholtz, Savannah Rudicel // Channel 5 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The number of domestic violence calls in Kansas City is up 30 percent during the pandemic. Social service providers are calling it a pandemic within a pandemic. Any problems with domestic violence that already existed in the home may have been made worse with job loss, daycare …

By: Gabriella Pagán // Channel 41 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As calls for help continue to increase during the COVID-19 pandemic, Newhouse Domestic Violence Shelter is overcapacity, forcing the nonprofit to get creative in finding safe alternative housing at a time when they are also running low on funds. But the shelter has become a cause celeb, quite literally, …