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New beginnings start with a single step…
The Committee to Aid Abused Women (CAAW), an Organization for Families, provides free, confidential, bilingual services to families in Washoe County, Nevada, as they seek to end the abuse in their lives.
CAAW’s mission, Changing Lives – Ending Family Violence, guides the work of the organization and unites its endeavors.
Statistically Speaking…
We wanted to inform you that the Committee to Aid Abused Women has hired Denise Yoxsimer to serve as CAAW’s Executive Director. Denise was the CEO and President of the Nevada Women’s Fund and will begin work at CAAW on October 24, 2011.
To welcome Denise and to recognize October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, CAAW will be holding an Open House on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 from 3 – 5 p.m. The Open House will be held at CAAW’s recently renovated administrative office – 1745 Vassar Street. Light refreshments will be served.
Additionally, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges will be holding a screening of the documentary film, Shout, at the Joe Crowley Student Union Theater at 5:30. This event will also be on the 26th following CAAW’s Open House.
We hope to see you on the 26th!
Click here to download the Press Release regarding Denise’s hire.
See below for flyers about the SHOUT OUT event and Open House:
Click here to download PDF of Open House Invitation
Click here to download SHOUT OUT Flyer
Below is the Fall/Winter Newsletter from CAAW:
Please find below our Spring Newsletter:
If you’d like to download the newsletter in .pdf format, please click here.
CAAW’s results speak for themselves, but we think the following messages from our brave survivors speak even louder:
The Voices of Results – CAAW Survivors Who Overcame
“There I stood at the door, beaten up, no self-esteem, (with) two little children. You took me in, opened your door to me and saved me. Thank you.”
-CAAW Shelter Resident
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On September 30, 2009, President Barack Obama issued a declaration naming October, 2009 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The proclamation can be viewed here.
Continue reading October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month… »
TODAY
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Thirty-two years and 63,000 unduplicated families later, the organization operates out of five locations in Washoe County:
CAAW SERVICES
HISTORICALLY
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The organization began in 1977 and operated the first domestic violence shelter in the State of Nevada from a one-bedroom apartment. Seeing early on that the need was greater than expected, a larger home was purchased and then another and then another. The current shelter has 21 beds for women and children. Plans for an expanded shelter, with nearly 75 beds, are currently under way.