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Women Helping Women updates commissioners on services, outreach and a client assistance fund in Clermont County
Summary
Representatives from Women Helping Women told the Clermont County Board of County Commissioners they provide free, confidential services to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, described prevention work in local schools and said a client assistance fund has helped remove financial barriers for survivors.
Representatives from the nonprofit Women Helping Women briefed the Clermont County Board of County Commissioners on June 25 about the agency's survivor services, school-based prevention work and a client assistance fund used to remove financial barriers that can keep people in abusive situations.
"Everything that we do is a 100% free. It's a 100% confidential," Davina Cooper, senior director of 24-hour programming, told commissioners. Cooper said the agency operates a 24-hour hotline, hospital and court accompaniment for survivors, and two advocates are co-located at the Little Fork Family & Child Advocacy Center at Mercy Health in Clermont County.
Cooper said the…
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