Annual Report - 2005

Letter from the Executive Director, Barbara Bennett

As we moved toward the end of our third decade of service to women in St. Louis, we found ourselves growing once again. During 2005 we increased our ability to provide crucial services for women who have experienced physical, emotional, and sexual abuse.
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Women's Crisis Line

One out of four American women will be sexually or physically assaulted—at some point in her life—by a current or former spouse, live-in partner, or a date. One out of every six women was sexually abused as a child. That is why our Women’s Crisis Line exists.
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Counseling and Supportive Services

Our counseling and supportive services are designed to facilitate the recovery of battered women, rape victims, and adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. By the time a battered woman comes to us, her outer scars—black eyes, smashed teeth, cuts, bruises, and even broken bones—may no longer be visible. A rape victim may make her first appointment to begin therapy years after the assault happened.
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Project H.A.R.T.

Nearly 20 years ago, staff at this agency began to work with teenagers to give them the knowledge and skills to avoid abusive relationships. We believed that working with teens would help them as adults. What has become more and more clear since then is that adolescent dating relationships have high levels of emotional, physical, and sexual violence, just as adult relationships and marriages do. One out of every five teenage girls has been the victim of such dating violence.
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Financial Statements

Women's Support's Audit Firm is Schmersahl Treloar & Co.
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