There are 7 article(s) tagged Family Safety Center of Memphis and Shelby County:

• March 2025

  • Family Safety Center abruptly closes in ‘huge loss’ for community

    The Family Safety Center has been a crucial resource for victims of domestic violence in the community since 2012.

     

    By Aarron Fleming March 06, 2025

• July 2022

  • Crime Crisis: Four domestic violence survivors recount their abuse — and how they survived

    Shelby County has about 22,000 formally reported domestic violence incidents annually, and police respond to 50,000 domestic violence-related calls each year. Each story is unique, with the ultimate challenge the same: finding a way to leave and survive.

    By Don Wade July 07, 2022

• December 2020

  • The pandemic within the pandemic: An explosion of domestic violence

    Domestic violence has exploded this year locally and across the country since the novel coronavirus struck – a pandemic within a pandemic that’s filled police blotters with a spike in accounts of extreme brutality.

    By Natasha Senjanovic December 21, 2020

• November 2020

  • Police, advocates say domestic violence cases on rise during COVID-19

    The Family Safety Center and Memphis police said during the holidays, they see an increase in domestic violence incidents. And during the pandemic, they have also seen an increase in cases. 

    By Yolanda Jones November 17, 2020

• May 2020

  • Local coronavirus fund tops $2 million in grants dispersed

    With its most recent distribution of $95,000, a local coronavirus relief fund has now surpassed $2 million in distributed grants. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 26, 2020

• March 2020

  • Coronavirus raises concerns about domestic violence, experts say

    Advocates and experts say isolation caused by coronavirus raises concerns about an increase in domestic violence incidents. 

    By Yolanda Jones March 27, 2020

• September 2019

  • Family Safety Center’s executive director resigns

    Olliette Murry-Drobot was executive director of the Family Safety Center of Memphis and Shelby County for nearly a decade. She left her job as head of the nonprofit this week, but she will remain in a consultant capacity as the organization searches for its next leader. 

    By Yolanda Jones September 11, 2019