| Is this happening to you?
- Are you being blamed whenever things go wrong,
cursed or called names?
- Is free time limited to your partner's interests
only?
- Is your partner a "nasty" drunk or drug user?
- Are you forbidden to use money? Never buy anything
for yourself?
- Is it impossible to enjoy outside friendships,
due to jealousy?
- Does he/she have a "Jekyll and Hyde" personality?
- Do you "cover" or make excuses for his/her behavior?
- Do you do more than a fair share of work, paid
or unpaid?
- Are you made to have sex when you don't want to?
- Do you feel you must ask permission to do things?
- Are you sometimes punished for misbehaving?
- In his/her childhood, was your partner or their
mother abused?
- Are you the "butt" of humiliating jokes?
- Is there a scene if you express an opposite opinion?
- Do you live in fear of your loved one?
If you have answered "yes" to any of
the above questions, please contact us.
You may be a victim of domestic violence.
Domestic Violence
Doves' Domestic Violence Program provides comprehensive assistance
and support to families affected by domestic violence. The program
serves 5 counties -- Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby, and DeWitt.
Services include a 24-hour telephone hotline in each of the counties
with offices; a shelter for women and their children, which is
located in Macon County; individual and group counseling for women
and children; legal advocacy; children's programming; parenting
classes; substance abuse education; and a batterers' treatment
program that is certified with the Illinois Protocol for Partner
Abuse Intervention Programs.
Click
here for the list of Dove's
Domestic Violence Program Services.
Each year in October, a
Candlelighting Ceremony is held in each county as part of Domestic
Violence Awareness Month.
DeWitt County Candlelighting
Ceremony
Macon County
Candlelighting Ceremony
Moultrie County
Candlelighting Ceremony
Shelby County
Candlelighting Ceremony
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