By Mark Schieldrop
Woonsocket Patch
WOONSOCKET, RI—Two area nonprofits are teaming up and using a federal grant to deploy a renewed effort to improve health care responses in domestic violence cases.
The effort focuses on the city of Woonsocket, plagued by domestic violence. The city has the highest domestic violence rate in the state accounting for population size. In 2013 alone, there were 407 arrests.
Together, Thundermist Health Center and Sojourner House are planning a partnership to offer more complete services to domestic violence victim in either agencies’ care.
The two nonprofits are natural partners and the new effort, funded by a grant from Futures Without Violence, will increase the number of reciprocal referrals and help their respective efforts dovetail.
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