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Women of Silicon
Valley (WomenSV)
Presentation
Written Comments
6/1/2021
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The Work of WomenSV
(Women of Silicon Valley)
By Ruth Darlene, M.A.
Executive Director, WomenSV
info@womensv.org | 833‐966‐3678 | www.womensv.org
Empowering women who are suffering from involvement
with a powerful, sophisticated abuser
Our Mission
We empower survivors, train providers and educate the
community to break the cycle of covert abuse in intimate
partner relationships so that every woman and child can
exercise their fundamental human right to be free and safe in
their own home.
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Our Focus
•Hidden victims in middle to upper income areas trapped in a
relationship with a powerful, sophisticated abuser
•Uses more covert forms of abuse that can be hard to identify
•Emotional, financial, legal, technological and other forms of
coercive control
Our Staff
…and 25 other dedicated volunteers!
7 additional volunteer advocates
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Our Services
●Trainings for Providers
●Public Presentations/Media Interviews/Column
●Direct Client Support
Our Outreach
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Our Outreach
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xag8owp9xrzs
fpm/ACECC_Presentation.mp4?dl=0
Our 10 Year Anniversary!
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Our Impact
Over the past 10 years, WomenSV has served approximately
women suffering at the hands of powerful, sophisticated abusers
Last fiscal year, we served survivors, providing the following services:
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Court Accompaniments
1,043
Individual Client
Interactions
62
Support Groups
Hosted
122
Support Group
Participants
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Our Impact: Age Range and Regions
3%
23%
39%
27%
6%
2%
21‐30 31‐40 41‐50 51‐60 61‐70 71‐80
Age Ranges of Survivors
FY20
21‐30 31‐40 41‐50 51‐60 61‐70 71‐80
58%
20%
22%
Regions
FY20
Santa Clara County San Mateo County
Across the U.S.
N=196
8%
92%
FY21 Survivors Served (So Far)
Jul 2020 – Apr 2021
Cupertino Other
7%
93%
FY20 Survivors Served
Jul 2019 – Jun 2020
Cupertino Other
Our Impact: Cupertino
N = 196 N = 195
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Our Challenges
•COVID
•Shifting to virtual support
•Meeting the need—long wait times, referrals to other agencies*
•staffing we need two more advocates
•Education—reaching the schools to educate youth about coercive control
•Growth
•Fundraising
Our Collaborative Partnerships/Affiliations
•Los Altos Community Foundation & Los Altos Town Crier
•Los Altos City Council
•Los Altos Police Department & Cupertino Substation
•Los Altos Chamber of Commerce & Mountain View Chamber of Commerce
•Santa Clara County (SCC) Domestic Violence Death Review Team (DVDRT)
•SCC Board of Supervisors
•Senator Dave Cortese
•SCC Courts Systems Committee
•San Mateo Domestic Violence Council
•Association of Threat Assessment Professionals/ATAP https://www.atapworldwide.org
•Palo Alto Community Foundation
•Sequoia Hospital & Peninsula Health Care District
•El Camino Hospital Foundation
•PAMF
•SVCF
•AACI, CORA
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It Takes A Village…
We look forward to continuing to partner with the City Of Cupertino
to protect the right of every woman and child
to be free and safe in their own home!
www.womensv.org
Ruth Darlene, M.A.
Founder and Executive Director, WomenSV
info@womensv.org
833‐WOMENSV/833‐966‐3678
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