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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/03/calls-to-oregons-domestic-violence-crisis-lines-spike-amid-coronavirus-crisis.html">https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/03/calls-to-oregons-domestic-violence-crisis-lines-spike-amid-coronavirus-crisis.html</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.85pt">By <a href="http://connect.oregonlive.com/staff/ncrombie/posts.html" title="Noelle Crombie | The Oregonian/OregonLive"><span style="color:#1565C0;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Noelle
Crombie | The Oregonian/OregonLive</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2A2A2A;letter-spacing:.15pt">Organizations that serve domestic violence survivors say they have seen a spike in calls to crisis hotlines and an increased demand for emergency shelter in the past week as the new
coronavirus has spread in Oregon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2A2A2A;letter-spacing:.15pt">The public health crisis means more people are confined to their homes. It has resulted in rapid, devastating and widespread economic consequences as businesses shutter and lay off
workers. Meanwhile, the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus continues to rise nationwide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2A2A2A;letter-spacing:.15pt">That’s a combustible equation that can deepen already unstable or violent situations, say people who work at organizations that provide support and resources for survivors of domestic
and sexual violence in the Portland area.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2A2A2A;letter-spacing:.15pt">Melissa Erlbaum, executive director of <a href="https://www.cwsor.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1565C0;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Clackamas
Women’s Services</span></a>, said domestic violence “lives in isolation.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2A2A2A;letter-spacing:.15pt">“When there is additional isolation,” she said, “that exacerbates the situation.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2A2A2A;letter-spacing:.15pt">Erlbaum said her organization this week has heard from survivors who are worried about how they’ll obtain or extend restraining orders with reduced court access and whether police
will respond to domestic violence reports. Police agencies in the region have said they will continue to respond to those calls.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2A2A2A;letter-spacing:.15pt">Others fear the public health crisis will complicate their plans to leave an abusive situation, Erlbaum said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2A2A2A;letter-spacing:.15pt">She said people who experience abuse are now confined at home with the perpetrator, unable to get to counseling and resources that allow them to cope.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2A2A2A;letter-spacing:.15pt">“Now they are unable to do that in any way that’s confidential or safe,” she said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2A2A2A;letter-spacing:.15pt">Last Friday, <a href="https://calltosafety.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1565C0;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Call
to Safety</span></a>, which serves Portland, received more than 100 calls for help -- about twice its usual volume, said Fay Schuler, executive director of Call to Safety. That level has remained consistent in the days since, she said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2A2A2A;letter-spacing:.15pt">The organization also drained 20 percent of its budget for emergency motel vouchers in less than a week, she said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2A2A2A;letter-spacing:.15pt">The vouchers provide up to seven days of emergency shelter for people fleeing domestic violence. Schuler said people typically would then transition into the larger shelter system
or find an apartment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2A2A2A;letter-spacing:.15pt">Under the coronavirus epidemic, however, it is difficult for people to come up with safe housing once their hotel voucher runs out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2A2A2A;letter-spacing:.15pt">“We don’t really see an end to this,” she said. “We don’t know what the plan will be for that survivor after that seven days.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2A2A2A;letter-spacing:.15pt">She said her program offers financial help for bus or train tickets for people who have a safe place to go out of state “but there is a lot less travel that’s happening, so folks are
staying in place.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2A2A2A;letter-spacing:.15pt">“That’s escalating the fear for survivors,” she said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2A2A2A;letter-spacing:.15pt">Schuler encouraged people experiencing domestic violence to reach out to a crisis hotline.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2A2A2A;letter-spacing:.15pt">“I don’t want survivors to be in their homes thinking there is no option for them,” she said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2A2A2A;letter-spacing:.15pt">If you are in immediate need of a domestic violence shelter, contact the Portland Women’s Crisis Line at 888-235-5333. This crisis line refers callers to local programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2A2A2A;letter-spacing:.15pt;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Call to Safety:</span></b><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2A2A2A;letter-spacing:.15pt"> 503-235-5333<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2A2A2A;letter-spacing:.15pt"><a href="https://www.ocadsv.org/find-help/programs/el-programa-hispano-cat%C3%B3lico-project-unica" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#1565C0;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Project
Unica</span></b></a><b><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">,</span></b> which serves, Latinx survivors: 503-232-4448<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2A2A2A;letter-spacing:.15pt;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Clackamas Womens Services:</span></b><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2A2A2A;letter-spacing:.15pt"> 888-654-2288<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2A2A2A;letter-spacing:.15pt"><a href="http://www.dvrc-or.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#1565C0;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Domestic
Violence Resource Center</span></b></a><b><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> in Washington County</span></b>: 503-469-8620 or 1-866-469-8600<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2A2A2A;letter-spacing:.15pt">-- Noelle Crombie; <a href="mailto:ncrombie@oregonian.com"><span style="color:#1565C0;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">ncrombie@oregonian.com</span></a>;
503-276-7184; @noellecrombie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D">Domestic Violence Resource Prosecutor</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D">Sr. Assistant Attorney General | Criminal Justice Division</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D">Oregon Department of Justice</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D">2250 McGilchrist St. SE Ste. 100</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D">Salem, OR 97302</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D">Main: 503.378.6347 | Desk: 503.934.2024 | Fax: 503.373.1936</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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