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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…
Please find below our Spring Newsletter:
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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.