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m <br />QA/estonfca .Qtitm'rMion 'T*,YEAR END REPORT FOR WFSTONKA INTERVENTION <br />FOR PERIOD MARCH 1990 - FEBRUARY 1991 <br />STATISTICS:HAMIIED WITH CHILDREN 19 <br />HARRIED WITHOUT CHILDREN 2 <br />SINGLE WITH CHILDREN 8 <br />SINGLE WITHOUT CHILDREN I <br />PARENT/SIBLING 0 <br />OTHER: HOUSING.FOOD.LEGAL AID _7 <br />TOTAL <br />ANONTMOUS 4 <br />ONGOING SUPPORT 5 <br />REPEAT CALLS U. <br />TOTAL <br />GRAND TOTAL - - - - - <br />37 F£3 1 9 1991 <br />I • • <br />20 <br />57 <br />t-’: <br />W«9tonka Int«rv«ntlon tcrvcs th« communities of Mound. Mlnnetrlsta. Sc. <br />Bonlfaclous. Orono. Long Lake, and Spring Park. Approximately twenty- <br />thousand people. This coonunlcy-based non-profit organization has been In <br />existence since November of 1985. It has a board of ten directors and <br />seventeen volunteers. <br />This request for CDBG Block Grant of $ i.OOO Is made so chat Westonka <br />Intervention can continue serving the Westonka area. <br />PROBLEM STATEMENT <br />In all of Hennepin County Che Westonka area seems to be one of the most <br />needy as far as services for domestic violence. The area Is fourth highest <br />In the county as far as the quanti^ (not per capita) of reported violent <br />sets egeiBst men. voMn. end children. The police have been overwhelmed <br />with repeat calls to residences where domestic violence has occurred. Due <br />to the demographics of the area* surrounded by lakes, the area Is not easily <br />accessible. This makes it difficult for county funded programs to service <br />the area. Child protection workers, and the two closest shelters were not <br />adequately servicing the area because of the long distance to travel. In <br />fact* Che Vest Hennepin Human Services Planning Board found that the area <br />is in dire need of social services Including the area of domestic violence. <br />Some statistics contribute to this finding. The area has a (7Z) poverty <br />level considered quite high per capita. Single parent households with <br />children under the age« of (18)comprise (ISZ) of all the households. The <br />ana is one of the (10) highest In the County as recipients of AFDC. Public <br />Assistance, and Pood Stamps. These factors create a stress on families <br />ashing Che occucrenceof domestic abuse and violence quite high. <br />PROGRAM OBJECTIVE <br />The objectives of Che program are to Increase the communities awareness <br />of Che problems of domestic violence, to provide victims with access to <br />support, and decrease numbers of repeated domestic violence. <br />m-