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Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Rarely have our staff received a welcome as warm and enthusiastic as we experienced in Elizabethtown. From the first meeting with Elizabethtown Community & Technical College (ECTC), it was clear that a collaboration was beginning to support not only student parents and their families but also any student or prospective student wanting the education necessary for their chosen career field. With the new and innovative industries coming to Hardin County, FSH is glad to be a partner in preparing area residents for new workforce opportunities. In addition to having an office and staff at ECTC, Family Scholar House is working with the college and community leadership to build a residential campus for student-parent families. To learn more visit:
Polyvictimization is the experience of multiple victimizations of different kinds, such as sexual, physical abuse, bullying, exposure to family violence, etc.— not just multiple episodes of the same kind of victimization.
Polyvictims are exposed to adversity and violence, which is inflicted intentionally or as a result of neglect by a variety of perpetrators at multiple time points and in multiple contexts.
For Family Scholar House, this isn’t theoretical; it’s very real. 90% of our participants answered “yes” to at least 1 of 9 victimizations/traumas:
• Domestic Violence - 83%
• Stalking - 47%
• Sexual Assault - 35%
• Sex Trafficked - 10%
• Witnessed Homicide - 47%
• Labor Trafficked - 6%
• Bullying - 68%
• Community Violence - 56%
• Strangulation - 45%
Domestic violence is now recognized as a leading cause of traumatic brain injury (TBI) due to strangulation in violent relationships coupled with being hit in the head or severely shaken by abusive intimate partners. 54% of FSH participants who have experienced domestic violence have reported being strangled.
When we talk about our participants having the courage and determination to overcome obstacles and trauma in their lives, this is a huge part of it. It’s why it’s so critical that we continue to offer resources that can help those who have been victims of violence find a path to safety and healing. ... See MoreSee Less
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Among other things, Easter is a celebration of new hope and new beginnings. That’s something that every Family Scholar House participant knows something about. So to all our parent scholars and their children, all the individuals we support in their journey toward success, all our donors, friends, advocates and volunteers, and all who celebrate, a very happy Easter! ... See MoreSee Less
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Meet FSH Works Regional Coordinator Grace McMahon who works with students on the Ivy Tech Community College campus in Madison, Indiana. In this video, Grace talks about some of the many ways we work to help students succeed. ... See MoreSee Less
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