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By Donna Ward

A Woman’s Place is located in Bucks County, which is right outside the NEast, and takes in woman and children in the neighboring areas who suffer from domestic violence. For security, woman who suffer from abuse in the Northeast are taken outside the city making, it harder for their attackers to follow them. AWP provides a full range of assistance and support services for victims of domestic violence and their children, including a free 24-hour confidential hotline, a full-service residential shelter, individual and group counseling, legal and medical advocacy and a children’s program.

AWP is a non-profit foundation dedicated to the resistance of domestic violence against women. While the shelter will help abused men, it usually sees an influx of female clients in need of housing, court assistance, childcare or psychological help. Many people do not realize domestic violence is not limited to just physical abuse, but that it also incorporates mental and emotional abuse.
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