Center Receives $5,000 Grant to Develop Curriculum

The Center for Conflict Resolution at ACU recently received $5,000 from the Community Foundation of Abilene to assist with the costs of developing conflict resolution curriculum and training materials for economically challenged adults, a population for which conflict resolution training is scarce and sorely needed. 

According to the following statistics, low socioeconomic status families are more vulnerable to domestic violence and child abuse:

• 50-60% of women receiving welfare have been physically abused by an intimate partner at some time in their adult lives. (Lawrence, 2002; Lyon, 2002;Tolman & Raphael, 2000)
• 30% of women receiving welfare report abuse in a current relationship. (Lawrence, 2002; Lyon, 2002;Tolman & Raphael, 2000)
• Child maltreatment occurs at a higher rate in poverty samples than economically advantaged samples, and economic loss has shown to be related to increased rates of child abuse. (Egeland, 2006)

Once the curriculum and training materials are developed, the Center will partner with Abilene nonprofits currently serving adults in low socioeconomic status situations to help implement the curriculum. “We are excited about receiving this grant and what this project will mean to the community,” said Dr. Joe L. Cope, executive director of the Center for Conflict Resolution. “This is the first funding we have received from the Community Foundation of Abilene, and we know that it will greatly benefit the Center and its efforts to equip, encourage and support individuals as peacemakers. We are particularly excited about how this project allows us to partner with the Abilene community.”

The Community Foundation of Abilene is a permanent collection of charitable funds supported by the general public and serving the greater Abilene region. The Community Foundation has assets of $73 million; grants in 2007 totaled $5.3 million.  For more information about the Community Foundation, visit their website.

References

Egeland, B. (2006, May 6). Poverty as a risk factor for child maltreatment. Presentation at the Prevent Child Abuse America national conference, San Diego. Retrieved October 19, 2007 from http://www.preventchildabuse.org/events/conference/handouts06/c_egeland.pdf

Lawrence, S. (2002). Domestic violence and welfare policy: Research findings that can inform policies on marriage and child well-being. Research Forum on Children, Families, and the New Federalism by the National Center for Children in Poverty, Issue Brief. 

Lyon, E. (2000). Welfare, poverty and abused women: New research and its implications. Policy and Practice Paper #10. Building Comprehensive Solutions to Domestic Violence by the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Harrisburg, PA.

Tolman, R. M. & Raphael, J. (2000). A review of research on welfare and domestic violence. Journal of Social Issues. 56, 655-682.

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