A recent murder suicide has put a fresh, sharp point on a problem thats really always been there: domestic violence and now theres an additional problem. Agencies like Emerge are losing some of the Federal resources they need to prevent and respond to that problem.

We're facing a $2.5 million shortfall this fiscal year, says Anna Harper, CEO of Emerge Center Against Domestic Abuse.

That is about one-third of the budget for Emerge.

Harper can not apply for some of the Federal grants Emerge usually depends on. Theyre just not offered anymore.

She says in an average year Emerge helps five to six thousand people, adults and children, find shelter from abusers, cope with injuries, get counseling to avoid falling back under the power of an abuser and push through abuse prosecutions.

Now she

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