Whereas intimate partner violence affects people of all ages as well as all racial, ethnic, gender, economic, and religious backgrounds; Whereas women are disproportionately victims of domestic violence, as 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men ages 18 and older will experience domestic violence at some point in their life; Whereas survivors of domestic violence are strong, courageous, and resilient; 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 34 experience the highest rates, per capita, of intimate partner violence; Whereas about 1 in 5 women who experience rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner first experienced some form of intimate 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 in 3 Native American women will be raped and 6 in 10 will be physically assaulted in their lifetimes; Whereas African-American women experience intimate partner violence at a rate 35 percent higher than that of White women, and about 2.5 times the rate of women of other races, but African-American women are less likely than White women to use social services or battered women’s programs or to go to the hospital because of domestic violence; Whereas, in an Asian and Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence survey, 21 to 55 percent of Asian and Pacific Islander women reported experiencing domestic violence (physical, sexual, or both) during their lifetimes; Whereas, according to the National Intimate and Sexual Violence Survey, 37.1 percent of Latinx females are victimized by intimate partner violence in a lifetime, defined by rape, physical assault, or stalking; Whereas noncitizen victims of domestic violence report heightened concerns with accessing law enforcement and services due to uncertainty arising from changing immigration policies and heightened immigration enforcement