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Administration for Children and Families and Domestic Violence

internet URL

http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/opa/facts/domsvio.htm

sponsoring agency

Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

description

About the Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) responsibilities and activities regarding domestic violence. The article cites domestic violence as the leading cause of injury to women in the United States, where they are more likely to be assaulted, injured, raped or killed by a male partner than by any other type of assailant.

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review date

12/12/2003

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