HOMELESSNESS...woman and children beaten and abused!

* Domestic violence is the #1 cause of homelessness for woman and children.

* There were 12,183 domestic violence calls to police in just 3 zip codes of Charlotte in 2014.

* An estimate of over 200 victims of domestic violence are homeless in Charlotte.

* 1 in 4 woman are victims of domestic violence.

* Between 2001 and 2012, nearly double the amount of woman were killed by domestic violence than all the soldiers killed in both the Afghanistan and Iraqi wars in that same time period.

* Nearly 5 million woman every year are beaten and abused in the U.S.

* In this country alone, a woman is beaten every 9 seconds.

The next time you see a homeless woman or child on the street, remember...no one is born with a birthmark on their forehead that says, 'Destined to be Homeless'

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