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The Center Offers Survivors Economic Empowerment Classes
Thanks to grants from Allstate and The California Partnership to End Domestic Violence The Center has put together a financial empowerment series designed to help survivors gain control of their finances.
Often in a domestic violence relationship the abuser rigidly controls the finances, withholds money and credit cards, prevents or sabotages the victims efforts to work, and often steals any money the victim earns or had coming into the relationship. Once a victim decides to leave, it is difficult to get their financial legs back under them.
This series was designed to help victims make the transition from unempowered to Empowered!
The series will run on the 4th Tuesday or Wednesday of the month beginning March 22/23, and will run until August 24th. The class will be offered Tuesday evenings from 5:30 to 7:30 pm and Wednesday during the day from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. These classes will replace the normal DV groups for the 4th week March through August.
The Financial Series Topics are as follows:
- Understanding Financial Abuse
- Learning Financial Fundamentals
- Mastering Credit Basics
- Building Financial Foundations
- Creating Budget Strategies
The series will also feature a community resource panel and personal 1-on-1 sessions with local financial planners. Click here to download the Economic Empowerment Flyer.
For more information about the Economic Empowerment Project, please contact Martha Borders (530) 295-4205 or MarthaB@thecenternow.org
MyStrength is Not for Hurting El Dorado County Blog
Visit The Center’s MyStrength is Not for Hurting El Dorado County blog/website. In it you will find out posting about what our MyStrength groups are covering, messages from students, and much more. Currently there are MyStrength Boys and Girls Groups going on at Union Mine High School. The website is new, but we hope to see it grow and blossom. Visit the website at mystrengthedc.wordpress.com
Harmony of the Heart Blog
Our Positive Solutions Director, Eddie Zacapa blogs at http://harmonyoftheheart.com. You can find some articles and handouts there that he goes over in many of his workshops and programs.
The Center featured on KCRA News
August 25, 2009 EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. — Battered by the state budget and the faltering economy, El Dorado County’s Center for Violence-Free Relationships may be forced to shut down its domestic violence shelter.
Click on link to see full story: Women’s Shelter In El Do Co. Could Close Center Lost $165K In Funding In July
View this important story on how The Center and El Dorado County has been impacted by Governor Schwarzenegger cutting the funding for California Domestic Violence Programs.
The impact on Center is dramatic – nearly a 20% cut to the annual budget and staff positions that are jeopardizing The Center’s safe house shelter, counseling and legal services for victims. KCRA’s Reporter Lynsey Paulo interviewed Executive Director Matt Huckabay and Survivor Julie Sena who addressed the importance of The Center’s services to victims of violence and to our community.
Both Huckabay and Sena called on the community to get involved and help in this time of need. The economic crisis, job loss and cuts in county services are putting a strain on families thus increasing violence in homes. So while the need goes up – funding goes down to help the most vulnerable in the community.
Without The Center, there would be no place for victims to go…no shelter, no counseling, no prevention education, no legal assistance, no way out for victims to escape the violence. Please consider making a donation today to support the vital work we do.
