Paige Flink
Paige Flink

The Family Place

Paige Flink is executive director of The Family Place, the largest family violence service provider in Dallas, Texas, and an OpEd Project Public Voices fellow at Texas Woman’s University.

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As VAWA Languishes in Congress, Domestic Violence Shelters in Texas Are Struggling to Meet Demand

Screenshot from a 2011 KTEK report that domestic violence was up 23 percent in East Texas.
Paige Flink

by Paige Flink, The Family Place

August 13, 2012 - 8:13 pm

It has been a brutal summer for victims of family violence. If we send someone new to Washington DC, will they take action? Will a new Senator or House Representative reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)?

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