Abused children often fail to tell anyone what has happened, or is happening, to them out of fear, shame, or simply remaining silence to protect a parent that they love. Knowing the many faces of child abuse is important in order to truly identify the type of abuse that is happening. Physical abuse may be easy to spot if […]
April is National Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month
Child abuse and neglect is a preventable public health problem in the United States. In 2017, the CDC reported an estimated 1,720 children died from abuse and neglect and 674,000 children were identified as victims of child abuse or neglect by child protective service agencies. With statistics like that it is easy to see that child […]
Quiz: Are You in an Abusive Relationship?
Sometimes it’s hard for victims of domestic abuse to recognize that what is happening to them is abuse. Do you know the signs of domestic abuse? Take our quiz to find out if YOU are a victim of domestic abuse. Does someone you love or are in a relationship with: Put you down? Call you […]
March is Women’s History Month!
Women, throughout human existence, have contributed amazing things to our social, cultural, economic, political, and scientific history. From the very beginning, women have been fruitful, productive, and creative, contributing greatly to every era of our shared human history. But in every era of history, women have also suffered domestic abuse from those closest to them: […]
When Your Prince (or Princess) is Really a Toad
Fairy tale movies of the princess meeting her prince and falling in “love at first sight” and being “swept off her feet” can blind us to the reality of the tactics of abusers seeking out victims. It’s called ‘grooming’. Your ‘Prince Charming’ may actually be a ‘toad’ grooming you to be his next victim. Grooming is […]
February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. According to loveisrespect.org, 1 in 3 teens will be in an abusive relationship and 33% do not tell anyone about the abuse. Most parents say that they would know if their teen was being abused. However, it’s hard to recognize the signs if you don’t know them. […]
The Link between Drug Abuse and Domestic Violence
Typically, in a domestic violence situation, one is going to be being physically and/or mentally abused. So how is this linked to drugs? Physical abuse can lead to severe injuries which would cause one to go to the doctor and be prescribed a pain killer. Most often pain killers are Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, and Percocet or […]
Signs of Human Trafficking
January is National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention month. Many of us hear about human trafficking on the news or see missing persons’ pictures at the store, but we rarely think that trafficking is going on in our own communities or to someone we might know. The reason is that most of us have a misconception about […]
5th Annual Tree~mendous Event
The fifth annual “Tree-Mendous” event will be held Saturday, Nov. 17, from 9:30-11:00 a.m. To kick off the Holiday Season in our community while raising funds and awareness for this worthy cause, come join us Saturday morning, November 17, 2018 from 9:30am to 11:00am Tree-mendous at 115 E Broadway (Morrilton Chamber of Commerce). Tree-mendous will […]
BREAK AWAY 5K AND 1 MILE FUN RUN/WALK
The Safe Place is hosting a Domestic Violence Awareness Event October 6, 2018. We will have a 5K Run and 1 Mile Walk. The goal of the event are to educate the community about domestic violence. We are pleased to announce we will have multiple exhibitor tables with representatives sharing educational information, demonstrations, fliers, brochures, […]
