Health & Safety 

Improving people’s health and family safety.

The Challenges:

• About half of all homeless women and children are fleeing domestic violence.
• In central Maryland, there were 12,425 reports of domestic violence crimes in 2006.
• There were 494 forcible rapes in central Maryland in 2006.
• There are more than 15,000 reported cases of child abuse and neglect in central Maryland. That represents 50 percent of the state’s totals.
  *Sources: National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Crime in Maryland, the 2006 Uniform Crime Report, State of Maryland Department of Human Services, Child Protective Services Data, 2005

The Work in 2007:

• Nearly 9,000 victims were able to access and receive the services they needed, 66 percent more than United Way projected.
• More than 140 victims accessed legal representation and received a positive legal outcome.
• Nearly 22,000 individuals and victims received information they needed to find critical resources available within the community, 234 percent more than originally projected by United Way.
• More than 4,000 domestic violence/sexual violence/child abuse survivors received the necessary tools to make them stronger.

The Vision for central Maryland:

United Way looks forward to a central Maryland where men, women and children are healthy and safe from violence and abuse.