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Ohio community groups seeking ways to increase support for sexual assault survivors living with disabilities. A January 23rd training session hosted by the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence will focus on how law enforcement, hospitals, and other institutions can provide equitable services. Natasha Larson, director of training and member engagement with the Alliance explained it is common for perpetrators to be closely linked to their victims, and can often include family members or staff a...

/PRNewswire/ -- Q Link Wireless, as a leading provider of the Federal Lifeline Program, announces the expansion of its Lifeline services to the State of...

Lifeline program is a federal program aiming to make phone and internet service costs more affordable for low-income households.

Social determinants of health reflect conditions in the environment where an individual is born, lives, works, plays and worships. These conditions have a direct impact on an individual’s range of health, functioning and quality of life. Given the recent pandemic, there has been an increase in the need to meet people where they are and to facilitate proactive healthcare. The goal is to reduce healthcare costs, address health concerns at an early stage and most importantly make healthcare acce...

President Joe Biden has signed H.R.

Without penalty, survivors may soon be able to sever ties to their abuser's cell phone plan.

Without penalty, survivors may soon be able to sever ties to their abuser's cell phone plan.

Without penalty, survivors may soon be able to sever ties to their abuser's cell phone plan.

A new statewide initiative aims to help connect domestic-violence survivors with medical providers, with a focus on treating traumatic brain injury. Rachel Ramirez, founder the Ohio Domestic Violence Networks Center on Partner-Inflicted Brain Injury, said survivors often experience severe violence aimed directly at the head, neck and face. But theres been a longstanding gap in accessing the right medical services when individuals come into shelters. ...

A bill headed to President Joe Biden's desk addresses a long-standing problem for domestic violence survivors, ending their ties to their abusers' cellphone plans.