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Domestic Violence Awareness Month
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Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Katy Wong2024-10-10T13:14:37-04:00October 8th, 2024|Categories: Mental Health, Feature, Featured Homepage, Featured Internal, General|Tags: Domestic Violence, Trauma, Mental Health, Behavioral Health, Westchester|

October marks Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Relationship violence affects millions of people, both children and adults, and can leave long-lasting physical, emotional, and psychological scars. WJCS is proud to partner with the Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation in our Margaret's Place program, which provides safe spaces within Westchester public schools where middle school and high school students can share their experience with relationship violence, get counseling, and find hope and healing. Margaret Place educates youth and school communities about violence prevention and engages peer leaders in public awareness programs. While most people recognize how dangerous domestic violence is, both ...

National Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month

Miriam Arond2024-02-23T11:16:35-05:00February 23rd, 2024|Tags: child abuse, child abuse prevention, YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH, Domestic Violence, Trauma, Mental Health|

National Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month

WJCS Domestic Violence Resources
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WJCS Domestic Violence Resources

Miriam Arond2023-10-19T13:33:15-04:00October 18th, 2023|Categories: Gala, Feature, Featured Homepage, General|Tags: support services, hartsdale, mount vernon, peekskill, joe torre safe at home foundation, violence prevention, domestic violence awareness month, advocacy, crime victims, yonkers, Domestic Violence, Trauma, Westchester|

October is designated Domestic Violence Awareness Month. If you or someone you know who lives in Westchester is a victim or survivor of domestic violence, please consider contacting WJCS. Our WJCS Trager Lemp Center for Treating Trauma & Promoting Resilience provides comprehensive outpatient, evidence-based treatment programs to help adult and child survivors of sexual abuse, sexual assault and harassment, and domestic violence. We also have programs for youth who have experienced or witnessed domestic violence as well as programs to help high school students cultivate the skills to build healthy relationships. Founded in 1982, our WJCS trauma center has ...

Crime Victims Advocacy and Support Services Program (CVASSP)
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Crime Victims Advocacy and Support Services Program (CVASSP)

Katy Wong2023-10-19T13:37:25-04:00October 17th, 2023|Categories: Feature, Featured Homepage, General|Tags: victims assistance, victim advocacy, advocacy, crime victims, social services, crisis intervention, sexual abuse, Domestic Violence, domestic abuse, Support, Westchester|

Being a victim of a crime is a traumatic experience. WJCS has launched a Crime Victims Advocacy and Support Services Program (CVASSP). By supporting victims through advocacy, ensuring they have safe housing, helping them access public benefits, and providing mental health counseling, WJCS helps victims recover from the experience. “Being a victim of a crime can be a life-altering event, shattering one's sense of security and safety. WJCS is here to help victims with the recovery process, to connect them to services, and to walk with them on the path to recovery,” said WJCS CEO Seth Diamond. A crime ...

Domestic Violence: Myths vs. Realities
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Domestic Violence: Myths vs. Realities

Rose Herschman2023-10-19T13:36:28-04:00September 4th, 2023|Categories: Mental Health, Feature, General|Tags: domestic violence awareness month, joe torre safe at home, domestic violence awareness, healthy relationships, myths and realities, Domestic Violence, domestic abuse, suffer, abusive, abuse, Trauma, Westchester|

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. While most of us recognize how devastatingly dangerous domestic violence is, both physically and emotionally, few of us are as knowledgeable as we should be about this vitally important social problem. Here are some common misconceptions about domestic violence...and the reality: 1. Myth: Most people report instances of domestic violence to the police. Reality: Half of abused women do not tell the police, according to the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics. 2. Myth: Acts of domestic violence are generally physical or sexual. Reality: Any pattern of coercive behavior—whether it's physical, ...

Words Have Power: Stand Up, Speak Out, and Make Change
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Words Have Power: Stand Up, Speak Out, and Make Change

Katy Wong2022-11-15T16:31:11-05:00October 25th, 2022|Categories: Feature, Featured Homepage, Featured Internal, General|Tags: Domestic Violence, Youth, Mental Health, Westchester|

At our Margaret’s Place-Joe Torre Safe At Home program, WJCS created, with the help of our youth Peer Leaders, a special campaign in October, which is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, to spread the messages that our words have the power to support survivors of domestic violence, ask important questions, and reach out for help. WJCS Margaret’s Place is situated in White Plains High School, Peekskill Middle School, and Cross Hill Academy in Yonkers. It encourages education and conversation about healthy relationships as well as trauma, Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), Domestic Violence (DV), and counseling for trauma and DV-exposed youth. Cross Hill Academy ...