Whereas intimate partner violence affects people of all ages as well as racial, ethnic, gender, economic, and religious backgrounds; Whereas females are disproportionately victims of domestic violence, as 1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence at some point in her life; Whereas, on average, more than 3 women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in the United States every day; Whereas women ages 18 to 24 and 25 to 34 experience the highest rates, per capita, of intimate partner violence; Whereas about 1 in 5 women who ever experience rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner first experienced some form of partner violence between 11 and 17 years of age; Whereas nearly 1 in 3 college women say they have been in an abusive dating relationship; Whereas 1 out of 3 Native American women will be raped and 6 out of 10 will be physically assaulted in their lifetimes; Whereas the cost of intimate partner violence exceeds $5,800,000,000 each year, $4,100,000 of which is for direct medical and mental health care services; Whereas of females killed with a firearm, almost two-thirds were killed by their intimate partners; Whereas one-quarter to one-half of domestic violence victims report that they have lost a job due, at least in part, to domestic violence; Whereas some landlords deny housing to victims of domestic violence who have protection orders or evict victims of domestic violence for seeking help after a domestic violence incident, such as by calling 911, or who have other indications that they are domestic violence victims; Whereas 92 percent of homeless women experience severe physical or sexual abuse at some point in their lifetimes; Whereas 81 percent of women who are stalked by a current or former male partner are also physically abused by that partner; Whereas 99 percent of abusive relationships include financial abuse, causing the survivors to stay or return to the abusive relationship