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~iJ The North Carolina Coalition for Women/Coalition Against Domestic Violence, a subsidiary of the NC Department of Administration, endeavors to keep accurate totals for each NC County. Below is a summary of their Orange County data for FY 200-082: • Orange County DV providers received 843 calls from DV survivors. • 663 survivors sought DV-related services. • The racial breakdown of these 663 DV survivors is as follows: o i59 White 0 g2 Black 0 g6 Hispanic 0 o American Indian 0 ><1 Asian 0 301 Unknown 0 4 Other • 628 females and 35 males sought services. Aggregated DV Service Provision:3 • Information: i32 clients served • Advocacy: 20>< clients served • Referrals: 548 clients served • Transportation: 53 clients served • Counseling: 345 clients served • Hospitalization:l • Court: 325 • Other: 1,266 • Support Groups available for adult survivors: 49 • Support Groups available for child survivors: o • Volunteer Hours Worked in OC DV service organizations: 8,46 Major Service Provider Data: In Orange County, the primary provider of DV support services is the Family Violence Prevention Center (FVPC). The following is a summary of their caseload in fiscal year 2009-08.4 • Clients Served: FVPC served 58~ clients, unduplicated. During the first 6 month of FY o8-09 they have served 364 clients, and if the demand for services continues at that rate [which they believe it will] they will serve over boo clients in the current fiscal year. • DV Protective Orders: FVPC assisted 112 individuals to file for DV Protective Orders. Based on numbers for the first half FY o8-09, they expect to exceed that number this year. z This data is available online at http://www.nccfwdvc.com/stats.htm 3 This data is available online at http://www.nccfwdvc.com/stats.htm a FVPC data was provided via email by FVPC Director Beverly Kennedy 2