Domestic Violence

Domestic violence frequently includes emotional manipulation and financial control, which can intensify during the season. She described scenarios in which an abusive partner may withhold money for necessities or gifts to enforce power.

Rhonda Calahan runs Queens of Domestic Violence and Awareness, a small nonprofit organization she launched to help survivors find safety, counseling and support.

State Democratic legislators have filed matching bills to allow survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual violence, or stalking to terminate their rental agreements without financial penalties.

Taweaka Martin is fundraising to help domestic violence victims take a cruise, where they will exercise together, pray together, do group therapy and participate in activities.

Amy Trask: "Victims of dating violence face gaps in the law that victims of domestic violence don’t"

Sheriff Gregory Tony angrily says seven deputies are on leave after their investigation of a Lauderhill man who threatened to kill his wife for months before being charged with her death and two others.

Financial stressors and other problems pile on during the holidays and increase the risk for domestic violence and child neglect. But help is available.

Carr is accused of awarding herself more than $3.7 million that as a result didn’t go to people in dire need of protection and services

Officials say cell phone chargers are lifesaving to domestic violence survivors. You can donate used or new devices to a local nonprofit.

Shelters for survivors have rarely been so full – leaving many with little choice but to stay with their abusers.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Harbor House of Central Florida is growing to address the rising rate of abuse in the area.

The program will provide free doorbell cameras to survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking, stalking and sexual violence.