Women Space's "Enough is Enough!" succeeds but faces funding issues

WOMEN SPACE
KLCC 89.7 FM, EUGENE (NPR) 04/02/08
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WOMEN SPACE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES JUST FINISHED “PROJECT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!” A SUPPORT AND SERVICE PROGRAM THAT ADDRESSED THE CONNECTION BETWEEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.  THE GROUP RECEIVED OVER FOUR TIMES AS MANY PARTICIPANTS AS THEY EXPECTED.

DIRECTOR JEAN DAUGHERTY SAYS WOMEN SPACE IS ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR NEW SOURCES OF FUNDING TO CONTINUE TO THE PROGRAM, BUT IT’S GOING TO BE TRICKY…

[actuality:  18 seconds; “Women in the criminal justice system, regardless of their domestic violence experiences, are not viewed as victims, so when we go looking for funding, we can't look at the places that define women with issues of domestic violence because this population doesn’t fit into that category.”]

DAUGHERTY SAYS WOMEN SPACE WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER *SOME SUPPORT SERVICES TO INCARCERATED WOMEN, THOUGH SHE HOPES TO CONTINUE “PROJECT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!”

SHE WILL GIVE AN HOUR PRESENTATION AT FOUR-THIRTY THIS AFTERNOON AT THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN EUGENE.