YWCA helping domestic violence victims in Knox, Anderson counties

"KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — In 2016, the YWCA Knoxville and the Tennessee Valley served 1,400 domestic violence victims. The organization has been helping victims for almost 30 years.

“The numbers that we have are just the people who reach out for help,” said Director of Anderson County Services Maggie McNally. “So we know that there is a whole other level of people who don’t reach out for help.”

According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, one in three women and one in 4 men will be a victim of intimate partner violence at some point in their lifetime..."

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