; Whereas 99 percent of abusive relationships include financial abuse, causing the survivors to stay or return to the abusive relationship; Whereas more than 8,000,000 days of paid work each year are lost due to domestic violence issues; Whereas 96 percent of employed domestic violence victims experience problems at work due to abuse; Whereas 1 in 15 children are exposed to intimate partner violence each year and 90 percent of these children are eyewitnesses to violence; Whereas at least 15,500,000 children live in families in which partner violence occurred at least once in the past year; Whereas children exposed to domestic violence are more likely to attempt suicide, abuse drugs and alcohol, run away from home, and become a victim of human trafficking; Whereas one large study found that men exposed to physical abuse, sexual abuse, and adult domestic violence as children were almost 4 times more likely than other men to have perpetrated domestic violence as adults; Whereas 1 in 10 high school students experienced physical violence from a dating partner in the past year; Whereas 13 percent of teenage girls who have been in a relationship report being hit or hurt by their partners; Whereas adolescent girls who reported dating violence were 60 percent more likely to report one or more suicide attempts in the past year; Whereas there is a need for middle schools, secondary schools, and postsecondary schools to educate students about the issues of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking; Whereas a recently released multistate study shows that the Nation’s domestic violence shelters are addressing victims’ urgent and long-term needs and are helping victims protect themselves and their children; Whereas a 2017 National Census Survey reported that 72,245 violence victims were served by domestic violence shelters and programs around the Nation in a single day; Whereas an additional 11,441 people requested help that day, but due to lack of resources, they were unable to be served