Waypoint Services-Dubuque Area Tri-States

In 2013, Waypoint became the comprehensive service provider for domestic violence services in seven Northeast Iowa counties, including Dubuque and Delaware.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAMS

Waypoint’s Domestic Violence Victim Services Program provides support services to help victims and their families cope with the trauma of controlling, hurtful intimate partners. Services include 24-hour Resource & Support phone line, one-on-one peer counseling, medical, legal, housing, and criminal justice advocacy, and weekly support groups. Waypoint provides Domestic Violence Victim Services to the following counties: Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jones, and Linn.

According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner.

Last fiscal year, Waypoint served 2,543 victims and survivors of domestic violence, answered the 24/7 Resource and Support Line 6,157 times, and offered support groups that were attended by 630 victims and survivors of domestic violence in Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Linn, and Jones Counties.

Waypoint also trained 2,741 individuals about the dynamics of domestic violence and dating violence throughout the community last fiscal year.