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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, though raising awareness and preventing abuse year-round is the focus of Mid Central Community Action in Bloomington.
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This story is part of a special episode of Sound Ideas airing March 12, marking the one-year anniversary of COVID s arrival in McLean County. Find more stories in the series.
For the past year the pandemic has aggravated many drivers of domestic violence substance abuse, financial worries, being stuck at home. But it’s also muffled the true scope of the problem, with researchers just beginning to understand if COVID caused a spike in domestic violence.
But one message is crystal clear: There are a lot of resources in McLean County to get help, and those on the front lines see several new options for attacking one of society’s most invisible crimes.