Posted October 3, 20113:08 pm
Cleveland, Ohio -- Families embroiled in divorce and custody conflicts that involve domestic abuse will soon get more support in Cuyahoga County's Domestic Relations Court.
A federal grant from the Office of Violence Against Women provides $300,000 to the court, the Domestic Violence & Child Advocacy Center (DVCAC), the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center and Legal Aid Society of Cleveland to pay for two new positions and to train court staff.
The partnership is just one example of a massive re-imagining of the way the local agencies and systems respond to domestic violence -- an issue that grips the community several times each year when it escalates in a tragic and sometimes preventable death.
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