Family Violence
Year YWCA battered women services: Hotline calls YWCA battered Women Services: victims served Grace Smith House: Hotline calls Grace Smith House: women/children sheltered Grace Smith House-women/children turned away because shelter is full Domestic Violence reports leading to arrest Reports to NYS Central Register Number of Indicated Reports for child abuse/neglect/maltreatment Orders of protection: Family offenses
1993              748   
1994              621   
1995        274    1051  670   
1996        334    1291  877   
1997      3498  343  1748-85% turned away because shelter was full  1374  857   
1998  18000  2817  1952  414  1995  1322  839  599 
1999  18250  3187  1510  354  1184  1274  773  560 
2000  17550  3012  1964  126 women 140 children  1089 women 1401 children  1228  803  586 
2001  more than 18000  3337  1706  176 women 172 children  868 women 1099 children  1339  866  761 
2002  17630  3988  3285  155 women 141 children  751  946  762  956 

Source: Child Abuse data from Touchstones and NYS OCFS Monitoring and analysis profile for Dutchess County latest report [Corrections Data Book as of 3/5/03]. Domestic Violence and Orders of Protection from Dutchess County Dept. of Probation. YWCA and Grace Smith