Domestic Violence in Vermont: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Select Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session ... Held in Montpelier, Vt., on July 22, 1978U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - 71 lappuses |
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Addison County agency awareness Barbara Bloy Bennington Bennington Counties Betty Jones BOX 434 BARRE BRADEMAS Brattleboro Burlington Caledonia Counties CHATOT child abuse Church Coalition Against Domestic Country Roads program deal discussion domestic violence elderly Evelyn Westebbe Executive Director Elizabeth family violence Forum on Family funding Governor's Commission groups human service humanities scholar husband including the project isolated issue JEFFORDS Jennifer Meub Jerry Levy JOHN BRADEMAS Johnsbury kind Laura Smith LIBERTOFF MCKAY Montpelier P. O. BOX Parent Testimonial PARENTS ANONYMOUS Inc participants percent Phyllis Benoit physical abuse present project director questions Radio Runaway Youth rural area rural communities rural environments rural regions Rutland Sandy Edmonds scholar with Laura served as humanities service providers SHEPARDSON situation social services society staff statewide statistics Steven Katz Thank Vermont Washington County Youth woman Women's Crisis Center WVTA Youth Bureau Youth Service Bureau
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