The Salvation Army Domestic Violence Program of Pasco County, Florida

06/17/2026

Even when abuse is not directed at them, children can still experience fear, anxiety, confusion, and trauma from living in unsafe environments. The effects can impact their emotional well being, development, relationships, and sense of security long after the violence ends.

Recognizing children as secondary victims is an important step toward healing, support, and breaking the cycle of abuse. 💜

This post is sponsored by the State of Florida Department of Children and Families.

06/11/2026

06/05/2026

Chronic stress from living in a violent home can impact childhood brain development.

When children are exposed to ongoing fear, conflict, or instability, their developing brains and bodies can remain in a constant state of stress. Over time, this can affect emotional regulation, learning, memory, behavior, and overall health.

Safe, stable, and supportive environments play an important role in helping children heal and thrive. 💜

This post is sponsored by the State of Florida Department of Children and Families.

05/18/2026

05/18/2026

🚨 ACTION ALERT! 🚨 Survivors and programs cannot wait any longer for federal funding. Ongoing delays and instability are creating unnecessary chaos, frustration, and fear in a field already operating under high demand and limited resources.

Tell Congress to act NOW and help ensure lifesaving funds are released immediately. Your voice matters.

📞 Use our call script

📢 Take our Action Alert: https://buff.ly/29P4w4A

💜 Share with a friend and tell them to take action, too!



[Image description: Against a purple and teal background is a graphic of the U.S. Capitol and text reading: “Call 202-224-3121 and ask to be connected to your Senator or Representative’s office. Tell them: Hello, I’m a constituent from [city/state]. I’m calling to urge [Representative or Senator Name] to press the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice to publish delayed funding notices for fiscal year 2026 Family Violence Prevention and Services Act and Office on Violence Against Women funding and expedite the release of funding. These ongoing delays are putting programs and survivors at serious risk, jeopardizing staffing, shelter operations, and access to lifesaving support for survivors nationwide. Thank you.”]

05/18/2026

When funding is delayed, programs are left without the resources needed to operate — putting survivors' safety and stability at risk.

05/18/2026

05/16/2026

🚨 ACTION ALERT! 🚨 Survivors and programs can't wait on federal funding delays. Tell Congress to take action NOW: https://buff.ly/29P4w4A

This year’s Family Violence Prevention and Services Act ( ) funding should have begun on October 1, 2025. But the funding notices haven’t even been released yet.

Additionally, some Office on Violence Against Women ( ) grants were also supposed to begin on October 1, 2025. More than seven months into the grant year, award notices haven’t been released, leaving programs in limbo and forced to lay off staff and reduce or eliminate grant-funded services for survivors

These delays jeopardize programs and victims. Congress must take immediate action.



[Image description: Against a purple and teal background is a graphic of the U.S. Capitol and text reading: “Family Violence Prevention and Services Act funding applications should have been released six months ago. Office on Violence Against Women discretionary grant funding is more than seven months late. These delays jeopardize programs’ existence and survivors’ lives. Survivors deserve better. Congress must act NOW.”]

05/15/2026

🚨 ACTION ALERT! 🚨 Survivors deserve better than federal funding delays. Tell Congress to act NOW: https://buff.ly/29P4w4A

Domestic violence shelters, r**e crisis centers, and other programs have been experiencing federal funding delays. Additional delays will force programs to lay off staff, reduce services, and close their doors, leaving survivors with nowhere to go.

Congress must push for the DOJ and HHS to immediately publish NOFOs and expedite the release of congressionally appropriated funds. Survivors and programs can't wait.



[Image description: Against a purple and teal background is a graphic of the U.S. Capitol and text reading: “Over the past year, domestic violence shelters, r**e crisis centers, and other programs serving survivors have experienced federal funding delays. Further delays will force programs to lay off staff, reduce services for survivors, and close their doors, leaving survivors with nowhere to go. Survivors deserve better. Congress must act NOW.”]

05/12/2026

Every single day — in every single community across the country — children and their parents find refuge in local domestic violence shelters and programs. But, heartbreakingly, there still aren't enough resources to ensure that everyone who needs safety can find it.

May is . 🏠 Domestic violence programs urgently need funding to help survivors and their children secure immediate shelter and long-term, affordable housing that can keep them safe from abuse.

Learn more about this and other housing issues survivors face: https://buff.ly/3AaCTIl

[Image description: Against an orange background, text reads: "16 Things You May Not Know about Housing for Survivors. Domestic violence shelters and programs house children, too. Every day, thousands of children and their parents find refuge in shelters and housing provided by local domestic violence programs. But there still aren’t enough resources to meet every request for help." NNEDV logo below. The NNEDV logo consists of 66 small house shapes arranged in a large house shape, and text reading: "NNEDV National Network to End Domestic Violence."]