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"We want to fund projects that demonstrate how successful community
programs can be in treating victims and abusers," said Ira Strumwasser, Ph.com or visit the foundation's award-winning Web site at
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DETROIT, The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Foundation is seeking applications from Michigan nonprofit organizations
interested in research aimed at reducing domestic abuse in the state.

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Texas Representative Kay
Granger(R-Ft. John , fitting because purple also is the color
that is symbolic of the fight against domestic violence . Michigan-based 501(c)(3)
nonprofit organizations may submit letters of interest by April 4, 2005 .

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"One in three women in the U. The May Kay independent salespeople wore their purple national
sales director suits by St.D. "We hope to identify programs that are effective in preventing
abuse.

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nmaloy@bcbsm.

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newscom. BCBSM Foundation grant programs are conducted in
Michigan by Michigan-based researchers and nonprofit organizations to address
issues of quality and costs of care, access to care, and community health. The foundation is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue
Shield Association.

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Worth) and other Members of Congress spoke about the need to
develop enhanced services for victims of domestic and sexual violence, and to
provide funding for expanded services that address dating violence, sexual
assault, stalking and other concerns .

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The BCBSM Foundation plans to award several grants, each at $25,000 to
$50,000 per year for a maximum of two years.com/foundation .

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Michigan reported more than
48,000 domestic violence offenses during 2003, according to the Michigan State
Police Uniform Crime Report.

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The current law expires on September 30. Even with domestic violence reductions, as many as three million
women are physically abused each year .

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The BCBSM Foundation is the philanthropic affiliate of Blue Cross Blue
Shield of Michigan and is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, incorporated separately from
BCBSM.

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Abuse can be something as simple as damaging a piece of equipment through using it the wrong way, or as serious as severe maltreatment of a person.

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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation Seeks Solutions to Domestic Abuse in Michigan

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Abuse may be direct and overt, or may be disguised and covert.

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"During the ten-year history of the Violence Against Women Act, states
have passed more than 660 laws to combat domestic violence ," said Lynn
Rosenthal, NNEDV executive director.,
executive director and CEO of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Foundation."
In the United States, the cost of health care services related to intimate
partner violence is estimated at more than $4 billion a year, according to the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Renewal of Violence Against Women Act Gets Boost Today From Mary Kay Inc. NNEDV

DALLAS, Meeting with Congressional Representatives
at breakfast this morning, and then later in the day with individual
Congressional offices, Mary Kay Independent National Sales Directors,
assembled in Washington, lobbied for reauthorization and strengthening of the
Violence Against Women Act."
Today's Congressional breakfast, held in the Capitol Building , included
talks by numerous members of Congress including the bill's three co-sponsors,
Senators Biden(D-DE), Hatch(R-UT) and Specter(R-PA).
Following the NNEDV-sponsored breakfast, the Mary Kay Independent National
Sales Directors drove their pink Cadillacs in front of the Capitol Building to
symbolize the strong commitment of Mary Kay Inc.

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com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050615/DAW035 )
The Mary Kay delegation joined hundreds of other women in Washington today
to urge passage of a strong new measure. to ending domestic violence and enhancing the
original bill.

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The effort was organized by the
National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV). For
additional information , e-mail Nora Maloy, Dr. The foundation was funded through an
endowment from Michigan physicians in 1983 and from proceeds of an earlier
prescription drug lawsuit settlement.

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"Renewal of this legislation is critical if our nation is to continue to
improve the criminal and civil judicial response to domestic violence, sexual
assault, dating violence and stalking," said Anne Crews, vice president of
government relations at Mary Kay.S. Many of these victims end up in hospital
emergency rooms.