{"id":6087,"date":"2018-10-10T08:35:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T13:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/?p=6087"},"modified":"2021-10-01T16:22:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T20:22:50","slug":"october-is-domestic-violence-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/2018\/10\/october-is-domestic-violence-awareness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"October Is Domestic Violence Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Home should be a place of love, safety, and comfort. For many, home is anything but safe. The U.S. Department of Justice estimates that 1.3 million women and 835,000 men are victims of physical violence by a partner every year. October is designated as a time to become aware of the signs, to share knowledge, and to speak up against Domestic Abuse which includes violence, threats, terror, economic abuse, intimidation, and may involve children.<\/p>\n

Some forms of violence are not as evident as others. Many victims suffer in silence and even become numb and feel helpless. Knowing and discussing\u00a0the signs of domestic abuse<\/a>\u00a0is a start in affecting change.<\/p>\n

Safety Resources<\/h2>\n

Mobile Apps for People Concerned with Safety and Security<\/strong><\/p>\n

Circle of 6<\/a>\u00a0is an app to alert friends when they\u2019re in a threatening situation. Two taps will send out one of three predetermined text messages to 6 contacts and an address and map of your exact location. The App also contains pre-programmed hotline numbers such as 911. Circle of 6 is the winner of the Department of Health and Human Services \/ White House \u201cApps Against Abuse\u201d Challenge.<\/p>\n

BSafe<\/a>\u00a0is a personal safety alarm app that sends an emergency message and GPS map link of your location to your chosen contacts \u201cGuardians\u201d with a single button, who can respond. Subscription includes real-time GPS tracking and Alarm Activation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Home should be a place of love, safety, and comfort. For many, home is anything but safe. The U.S. Department of Justice estimates that 1.3 million women and 835,000 men are victims of physical violence by a partner every year. October is designated as a time to become aware of the signs, to share knowledge, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[189],"class_list":["post-6087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awareness","tag-domestic-violence-awareness"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6087\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}