CUT IT OUT

 

in the news

11/19/08 New York Times

2/22/07 WBHM

7/1/04 Atlanta Journal Constitution

 

TWF board members, in consultation with domestic violence shelter directors, conceived this project to train hairdressers to recognize signs and symptoms of domestic violence and to refer clients to the domestic violence hotline. After TWF funding and refining the project for 2 years in the state of Alabama, Dianne Mooney forged a partnership with her company, Southern Living At HOME, with Clairol Professional and, with the National Cosmetology Association to take the program national in 2003.

Since that time, Southern Living At HOME has become the sole funding partner with program management under the direction of the National Cosmetology Association. Advisory Board partners are the Family Violence Prevention Fund, the National Network to End Domestic Violence, and the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

CUT IT OUT, a program of the Salons Against Domestic Abuse Fund, is dedicated to mobilizing salon professionals and others in the fight to end the epidemic of domestic abuse in the United States. The program builds awareness of domestic abuse and trains salon professionals to recognize warning signs and safely refer clients to the National DV Hotline number or local resources.

During its six years of operation, the program has reached over 20,000 salon professionals through the award-winning CUT IT OUT curriculum and seminar that is administered by local domestic violence service providers.

· In 2008, Empire Education Group, with its 87 cosmetology schools nationwide, adopted CUT IT OUT as part of its curriculum and adopted local domestic violence programs in each school location. This cosmetology education group led the way for Regency Beauty Institute to join forces, educating its 3,000 students.

· In late 2008 the American Association of Cosmetology schools, the trade organization for all cosmetology schools, adopted CUT IT OUT nationwide, educating the next generation of cosmetologists through their 700 member schools who train 70,000 students annually.

· CUT IT OUT founder, Dianne Mooney, along with program director, Jeri Linas, presented the benefits of the program to the Executive Directors of domestic violence state coalitions at the annual meeting of the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV).

· Over 20,000 calls from victims are received annually at the National Domestic Violence Hotline because of CUT IT OUT.

· Press coverage this past year continues to grow at both local and national levels, with a particularly extensive article in The New York Times which sparked renewed interest on both national and international levels.

· The program is now operating in Australia, and requests for materials have come from the UK, Canada, Chile, Russia and the Bahamas. Requests for translations of the materials into Spanish, Japanese, Korean, French, and Russian have also been received.

· Support from state Attorneys General has been and continues to be strong in many states, most recently Arizona, Utah, New Hampshire, Ohio, Nevada, and Illinois.

Since the national launch of CUT IT OUT in 2003, this innovative primary prevention education stategy has distributed:

· 3 million safety cards, printed in English on one side and in Spanish on the other.

· 40,000 posters in both English and Spanish.

· Over 2,000 training kits.

Please contact the website at www.cutitout.org for more information about the program and for training materials (all available in downloadable form with the exception of the DVD which must be ordered separately.)

 

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