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  2. 2,367 domestic violence victims were turned away from shelters in Virginia in 2005 because no beds were available. An increase in funding is imperative in order to build more shelter space to accommodate victims (Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance. (2005) Domestic Violence Services in Virginia)

  3. One in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime (findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey, 2000)

  4. Every day in America, at least eight million children and youth are left alone and unsupervised once the school bell rings

  5. 78 counties in Appalachia qualify for distressed county status on the basis of low per capita income and high rates of poverty and unemployment

  6. Unsupervised after school hours are the peak time for juvenile crime and experimentation with drugs, alcohol, cigarettes and sex

  7. The cost of intimate partner violence exceeds $5.8 billion each year, $4.1 billion of which is for direct medical and mental health services (Costs of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the US, 2003. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Centers for Injury Prevention and Control, Atlanta, GA)

  8. Coal producing counties are among the poorest in the nation. McDowell County, West Virginia, has produced more coal than any other county in the U.S., yet suffers from a 37.7% poverty rate

  9. 30 percent of adults in Appalachian Ohio attend college, compared to 62 percent for the entire U.S.

  10. In 2005, 20 children were killed by their caregiver in Virginia (Virginia Department of Health, 2005 Family and Intimate Partner Homicide Report)

  11. Seven of the U.S Census Bureaus's list of 50 poorest counties are in Eastern Kentucky

  12. 1 in 5 Appalachian children (77,000 total) live in poverty ($14,630/year or less for a family of three)

  13. 77% of children living in Appalachia go without three meals a day

  14. Between 2000 and 2006, the number of women and children staying in domestic violence shelters has doubled (The Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Data Collection System, 2006)
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Dane is a quiet and gentle man. But, his mild demeanor hides the scars and pain of his troubled life. After nine years of marriage, his wife left him, broken and broke. With three kids to raise and a minimum wage job as his only income, he has struggled. Despite the odds, the children are warm and happy souls. Many residents in this quiet Tennessee community think they are amazing, given the sparse existence they have been living.

The house was in shambles when Americans Helping Americans® and Appalachian Outreach volunteers first arrived. It was small, lacked a functioning bathroom, and was in need of a myriad of repairs. The most pressing need was for space. The house had only two bedrooms for one parent and three growing boys and girls. An army of 19 volunteers were assigned the enormous task of fixing up the home.
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Pine Ridge After School ProgramAccording to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, approximately 26% of the Maricopa County, Arizona 12th graders surveyed in 2006 reported using a drug within the past month and approximately 11.7% of Maricopa County 8th graders, 18.6% of 10th graders, and 20.1% of 12th graders surveyed reported being drunk or high at school within the past year in 2006. In communities faced with such staggering realities, there is a dire need to present teens with other options.

That is why we at Americans Helping Americans are so pleased with the results of our recent effort to bring positive after-school activities to the young people of Maricopa County in Phoenix, Arizona. Americans Helping Americans® and our partners at the Chris-Town YMCA teamed up to provide children and teens at the Pine Ridge Apartments with a safe and enriching environment where they receive homework help, play soccer, basketball and other sports and are surrounded with positive after-school mentoring.

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