Gwen Bouie-Haynes
Julia Crockett
Who said legal assistance is a major issue for women feeling domestic violence?
Program of Domestic Violence Services Center for Catholic Charities
The Domestic Violence Legal Assistance Program
What program does Julia Crockett expect to help nearly 1000 domestic violence victims?
Woman victims and their children
Children
Migrant workers
Women fleeing a domestic violence situation
The director of the Domestic Violence Services Center for Catholic Charities Inc. said legal assistance is a major issue for whom?
They often have no money and have children
They need permission of their partner to seek legal assistance
Often women need immediate legal assistance to protect themselves, and they need an attorney to get a protective order
They dont want to leave
To get a protective order you need to be represented by an attorney
Why is legal assistance a major obstacle for women who need to get out of a violent relationship?
Gwen Bouie-Haynes
Julia Crockett
Who in the article advocated immediate assistance for women and children?
Haven House Family Shelter
McDonald House
Program of Domestic Violence Services Center for Catholic Charities
Yes, The Domestic Violence Legal Assistance Program helps survivors located in Vicksburg
The Domestic Violence Legal Assistance Program
Are there any programs that can help a domestic violence survivor in Vicksburg?
Finding legal assistance, and the belief that no one will help them anyway
There are always ways to resolve it weithour attorneys. They feel ashamed to ask for help due to social stigma associated with domestic abuse
They have been made to feel by the abuser that no one is going to help them do anything. They do not have the money to seek legal representation
What were the two reasons women don't seek out help?
DHHS
Director of  Haven House Family Shelter
Domestic violence services center for catholic charities inc
Central Southwest Mississippi Legal Services Corp
Director of Central Southwest Mississippi Legal Services Corp
The director of what entity claims legal help gives domestic abuse survivors a way to rebuild their lives?
You need to be represented by an attorney
Paying a fee and getting an attorney
You need to file a request in court
What is the process of getting a protective order?
32
70
40
34
How old was Bunzy when she entered the abusive relationship?
Women cant usually afford an attorney
Women in violent situations face problems like lack of money and feeling forced to stay in their current situation
Need of immediate legal assistance services for the protection of the mother and the child
No money to seek legal help
Seeking shelter
What are some of the biggest problems women in violent domestic situations face?
Issue a restraining order put against abuser
Representation, help getting protection order
Help the victim to relocate
It gives them a way to rebuild their lives and offers legal help
Hide you
What are some ways the Domestic Violence Legal Assistance Program can help a domestic violence survivor?
$50 filed by legal rep., no
$150, no
$50, yes
$100 and you can file on your own
$50 and you must be represented by an attorney
How much does a Order of Protection cost and does it need to be filed by an attorney?
US Education Department
US Justice Departmemt
Local funds of Jackson, Vicksburg, Hattiesburg, Oxford and Pascagoula
The Domestic Violence Legal Assistance Program received hundreds of thousands of dollars from what government entity?
South west mississippi legal services corp
Central Southwest Mississippi Legal Services Corp
Haven House Family Shelter
The domestic  violence legal assistance program
What group hopes to help 1,000 victims of domestic violence?
Legal representation and legal counsel
Gave them an apartment
The organization paid legal costs of almost 3000 victims of domestic violance
It has sheltered women and children in violent situations and has help victims in court cases
It helped victims in 90 court cases, and 150 legal counseling sessions have been held there
In what ways has the Haven House Family Shelter helped people?
Haven House Family Shelter program
Safe Voices
The Domestic Violence Legal Assistance Program
Domestic violence survivors in Jackson, Vicksburg, Hattiesburg, Oxford and Pascagoula can all get help from what program?
500
50
300
If the program succeeds in helping the amount of people they want to, how much grant money would be used on each victim on average?
Crockett at Haven House Shelter Inc
Central Southwest Mississippi Legal Services Corp
Julia Crockette
Domestic Violence Services Center for Catholic Charities
Haven House Family Shelter Inc
Who launched the pilot program at this location in Vicksburg?
Program of Domestic Violence Services Center for Catholic Charities
The Domestic Violence Legal Assistance Program
Which program is funded by a $300,000 grand from the U.S. Justice Department?
The Domestic Violence Legal Assistance Program fills the gap of legal resources for domestic violence survivors who can't afford an attorney. Domestic violence survivors in Jackson, Vicksburg, Hattiesburg, Oxford and Pascagoula can all get help. Julia Crockett, deputy director of Central Southwest Mississippi Legal Services Corp., said the program expects to help nearly 1,000 domestic violence victims. Crockett said legal help gives domestic abuse survivors a way to rebuild their lives. "They have been made to feel by the abuser that no one is going to help them do anything, so when they come to us they are desperate," she said. "Those who need legal help and don't get it feel totally lost. Because then they feel like they are forced to stay in that situation." Crockett said the program, funded by a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Justice Department, has no economic restrictions on who can get help. Legal services typically helps the poor. Gladys Bunzy, who said she was in an abusive relationship with a boyfriend for eight years, said such a program is long overdue and could be a lifeline for those escaping violent relationships. "When I finally made up my mind to leave, I had a restraining order put against him and that was $50 but that was $50 well spent to me," said Bunzy, 40. "For people who can't afford it, this will be a godsend ... If a woman knows she is going to get some help that will be a burden off her mind, if the law will help her keep that person away from her." Gwen Bouie-Haynes, project director of the Domestic Violence Services Center for Catholic Charities Inc., said often domestic violence survivors do not have the money to seek legal representation. "Legal assistance is a major issue for women fleeing a domestic violence situation," she said. "Often times women are in need of immediate legal assistance services for the protection of the mother and the child. To get a protective order you need to be represented by an attorney." Crockett said the pilot program was launched in 1998 at the Haven House Family Shelter Inc., a domestic violence shelter for women and children in Vicksburg. The program has helped victims in 90 court cases, and 150 legal counseling sessions have been held there. 