Economic Empowerment Program

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Domestic violence is a pervasive, often overlooked, social crisis that poses a threat to the safety and security of women and their families across the United States. According to the U.S. Department of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control, nearly 25 percent of women report being abused by a husband or partner in their lifetimes.

According to experts, there is a significant gap in resources for programs designed to assist survivors with the multi-faceted economic challenges that they face. To address this problem, The Allstate Foundation has launched The Allstate Foundation Domestic Violence Program to provide support to victims of domestic violence. The Allstate Foundation is committed to targeting long-term resources to ending domestic violence.

The Allstate Foundation Domestic Violence Program provides a comprehensive network of services for domestic violence survivors and advocates, including:

• Direct services: Providing programming and funding support through a financial empowerment curriculum and training materials; community volunteerism by Allstate employees, agents and agency staff; and grant programs to allow service providers to address the complex, broad and often immediate range of survivors’ needs.
• Thought leadership: Supporting domestic violence advocates and service providers through national conferences and other events and cutting-edge research. The Allstate Foundation Domestic Violence Program will conduct an annual, national research poll to determine current awareness and perceptions about domestic violence in the United States. The findings of this poll, conducted among a representative sample of adults in the U.S., will be used to continue to build the program and track progress over the coming years.
• Public awareness: Creating a national effort to raise public awareness and change societal attitudes about domestic violence. The Allstate Foundation’s National Poll on Domestic Violence gauges public awareness of the issue and reveals how Americans view domestic violence. Read executive summary  (Adobe Acrobat PDF).

The Allstate Foundation is working with the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) Fund on this initiative. NNEDV and its membership of domestic violence coalitions will assist The Allstate Foundation in effecting social change, while providing valuable grassroots support to local service providers. A national Advisory Board provides The Allstate Foundation with strategic oversight and guidance on the Domestic Violence Program.

For many domestic violence survivors economic advocacy is critical to their long term self-sufficiency. For additional information on The Allstate Foundation economic empowerment programs please visit EconEmpowerment.org.