Survivors of Domestic Violence Meet with WV Lawmakers

A group of bills moving through the West Virginia legislature would impact victims of domestic violence.  Abuse survivors recently met with lawmakers at the State Capitol to provide input on the legislation. Joyce Yedlosky, executive director of the West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence, notes that House Bill 5466 would address the need for intervention programs for abusers…

“We often take those behaviors and isolate them as just that. And now our communities are starting to say that maybe what’s underneath some this, is these complex traumas that are happening.”