Lawmakers are taking steps to mandate a lethality assessment protocol with the goal of getting more Utahns out of harm's way before it's too late. Those serving victims of domestic violence welcome the move. But they're already stretching to meet the need.
SALT LAKE CITY — A call to police last year led Stephanie Mitchell to a lifeline.It wasn't the first time her ex acted out violently, she said, but it was the first time she ran to her neighbors' home and asked them to call for help.
"They could potentially see a doubling of calls and requests for help," said Jemison, the coalition's director of public policy. "There needs to be some funding to go with that."The groups providing shelter, legal help and other resources to victims are already doing more with less. It would represent a big boost. Currently, about $6 million per year in state funding is spread across the state's 16 domestic violence shelters.
"The survivors that we are meeting with are in deadlier situations than I think I'd ever seen before," she told KSL.
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