VAWA Grant for Men Rejected – Texas 12-02

The State of Texas refused to accept a grant application for a program that would provide services for male victims of domestic violence. The State claims that “ineligible activities” include “programs that focus on children and/or men.” Claims...

VAWA and Services for Men – Congressional Intent

Congressional statement by Senator Orin Hatch, “We anticipate that the executive branch agencies responsible for making grants under the Act, as amended, will continue to administer these programs so as to ensure that men who have been victimized by domestic...

VAWA Testimony April 2003: David Burroughs

Current policy has resulted in: “lack of services and even acknowledgement that has left hundreds of thousands of men and their children at the mercy of their abusers and their very humanity denied.” The National Violence Against Women Survey, Nov. 1998...