Statistics

Harmony House, a United Way supported agency, serves the Troup County Area (Troup, Heard and Meriwether counties) and beyond.

2008 Statistics

  68   residents within the Troup County area

 43   residents outside the Troup County area 

 110 total residents

193   crisis calls within the Troup County area

116   crisis calls outside the Troup County area

309   total crisis calls received

 86   non-resident assistance within the Troup County area

  50   non-resident assistance outside the Troup County area

136   total non-resident assistance

555   combined total of people assisted in 2008

 52   males were assisted

503  females were assisted

214  Caucasians were assisted

194  African Americans were assisted

    6  Hispanics were assisted

141  Unknown ethnicity (crisis calls)

Staff and Volunteer Statistics

   6  full-time paid employees

  4  part-time paid employees

12  volunteers working directly with residents

21  active board members

2,042.75   total hours of volunteer time

$39,854.06   estimated total value of all volunteer time

State of Georgia

Domestic violence fatalities in Georgia

• 2004 - 110 deaths

• 2005 - 127 deaths

• 2006 - 105 deaths

• 2007 - 118 deaths

• 2008 - 111 deaths

In 2008, Georgia's 46 state-certified domestic violence shelters:

• answered 76,078 crisis calls,

• provided safe housing for 7,762 victims and their children, amounting to 226,465 bed nights, and

• served 63,433 non-residential victims.

Due to recent funding cuts, Georgia's domestic violence shelters are being negatively impacted.

• state funding to domestic violence shelter was cut by 18%

• each domestic violence shelter in Georgia currently receives only $88,253 in state funding each year.

• In 2008, domestic violence shelters were forced to turn away 3,315 victims and their children due to lack of available space.