Homelessness

• 3498), also known as the "HELP Act."
• The HELP Act, which United Way Worldwide has publicly endorsed, will facilitate increased nationwide accessibility and coordination of 211 services and 988 services to provide information and referrals throughout the United States for mental health emergencies, homelessness, and other social and human services needs.
• 211 , supported by United Way Worldwide and local United Ways across the country, is a 24/7 helpline phone number and digital network with operators working on the front lines in local communities across the United States.
• We urge Congress to pass the bipartisan HELP Act to increase the capacity, reach, and impact of both 211 and 988 as essential community resources," she added.

• Sue Zelickson received the award during Perspectives' inaugural Mother's Day brunch on May 11th at Cargill headquarters in Wayzata, Minnesota.
• The Cargill Kids Cafe provides lunch and dinner to children living at the Perspectives Housing campus five days a week during the school year.
• "I feel as though the Kids Cafe is my greatest achievement," said Sue Zelickson.
• "Recognizing Sue with our first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award is a long overdue honor.

• Iconic labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta, legendary actress and choreographer Debbie Allen, Parkland survivor and gun control activist David Hogg, trailblazing hip hop artist Trina, national political and civil rights figure Marc Morial, and leading HIV/AIDS and social justice advocate Michael Weinstein are the march’s first Ambassadors.
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• We The People is a movement composed of advocates, mobilizers, and community leaders who are tired of being told what books they can read, what words they can or can’t say, how they can express themselves, and what they can do with their own bodies.
• Basic constitutional rights are under attack, and We The People cannot stay silent.

• Women in abusive relationships are more likely to be unemployed and earn less money than women with non-abusive partners.
• That’s among the key findings confirmed by a landmark international study by researchers from England, America and Finland, which charted the economic impact abusive relationships have on women.

What is economic abuse in a domestic relationship?

We know from previous research that men use economic abuse to exert power over and exploit their female partners. It can involve using intimidation, threats, humiliation, emotional manipulation, isolation and physical violence to restrict their partner’s right to work and access to property, including
• This abuse sabotages a woman’s independence and ability to leave the relationship by limiting her access to money and work outside the home.
• Economic abuse is more common than many realise.

What did the new study set out to do?

• The study’s authors linked information from unusually comprehensive police and economic databases in Finland to chart men’s economic abuse of their female partners.
• The researchers compared women who had reported domestic abuse to police with a matched sample of women who had not reported abuse.

What did the new study find?

• In other words, the negative outcomes were a product of the abuse rather than any characteristics of the victim-survivors.
• The researchers were also able to identify that a negative impact on economic wellbeing occurred relatively early in abusive relationships.
• The study also found that economic abuse usually preceded physical violence, but could also occur in relationships where there was no reported violence.

How to end this abuse?

• Many consent and behaviour change programs include economic abuse as a recognised form of coercion and control.
• It’s also important we find ways to improve financial literacy and provide more support for women seeking to leave abusive relationships.
• Australian banks have already developed useful guidelines and are working with experts in domestic and family violence to promote understanding of this abuse.
• It’s vital that we find ways to support women to deal with the predictable consequences of economic abuse.