PA department of human servicesthe PA department of human services (dhs) provides foundational funding for comprehensive core domestic violence services across pennsylvania. Pcadv passes through 90% of this funding to its 59 local domestic violence programs, which provide direct services to nearly 80,000 survivors and their children each year. At the same time, pcadv uses the administrative portion of this funding to provide infrastructure and build capacity for its network of local domestic violence programs.The local domestic violence programs use these funds to provide a breadth of survivor-centered services to pennsylvanians experiencing domestic violence. Many of these services can be life-saving, including 24-hour hotlines, safety planning, counseling and support, support navigating the legal system and court accompaniment, transportation services, prevention, and emergency shelter. Programs also leverage these funds to produce public education and awareness events, provide training to community stakeholders and partners, and engage in systems advocacy to improve access for survivors and their children.In fiscal year 2022, pcadv's 59 local domestic violence programs served 79,900 survivors. Program staff answered 91,233 hotline calls. The programs collectively sheltered 9,059 survivors and their children for a total of 220,397 shelter nights. In addition to providing these direct services to survivors, the programs hosted, overall, 7,330 education and awareness activities with more than 180,941 participants. Volunteers committed 84,136 hours to supplement these efforts. Pcadv and its local programs help survivors restore their safety and security through the relocation program. Last fiscal year alone, 2,498 survivors and their families received financial assistance through this program. A total of $737,000 was invested in relocation efforts helping survivors move away from their abusers or remain safely in their own homes after an abuser relocated.Pcadv's 17 funded civil legal representation (clr) sites represented a total of 5,425 clients helping them to navigate the legal system while they sought safety. These sites collectively secured $62,000 in court-ordered support for survivors and their children. Providing the infrastructure for this work, pcadv staff supported the 59 local programs by conducting 161 training sessions for more than 8,000 participants and responding to 1,516 requests for technical assistance. Pcadv supports community-level systems advocacy by focusing its efforts on statewide systems change. Staff participated in more than 289 collaborative meetings with stakeholders and partners.Additionally, we also fund seven culturally specific programs through collaborations with local domestic violence programs to serve specific needs of refugees and survivors from populations often underserved by traditional victim service providers. These programs also serve as community members in the delegation.

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