OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Finances play a major role in domestic violence, with financial abuse occurring in almost all cases as a method of control.

“Often times the decision to leave has to do with, can I provide financially for myself in order to start over. Can I provide for my kids? And if I don’t feel like I can do that, then I’m going to stay,” said Katie Welsh with the Women’s Center for Advancement.

Katie Welsh is the Women’s Center for Advancement ’s Vice President of Programming.

She tells us using money as a weapon to keep someone in a bad situation is more common than we think.

“Financial abuse is present in 99% of all domestic violence relationships. So it’s extremely prevalent. I just think it’s harder to deal with than some of the other forms of violence that occur in thes

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