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Commission proclaims October Domestic Violence Awareness Month, cites statewide service shortfalls
Summary
The Franklin County Commission approved Commission Order 2025-291 proclaiming October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month; the proclamation cited county prosecutor statistics and a statewide shortfall of emergency shelter capacity referenced to the local nonprofit Alive.
The Franklin County Commission approved a proclamation designating October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month and reaffirmed the county’s commitment to victim services, including shelter, counseling, court advocacy and transportation.
A county official read the proclamation (Commission Order 2025-291), which said that to date in 2025 the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office had received 556 domestic violence case reports and that 366 charges had been issued from those cases. The…
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