Capital Area Response Effort (C.A.R.E.)
The Capital Area Response Effort is a volunteer-based organization in Lansing that works with local police to provide information and support to survivors of domestic violence.
Battering occurs across all cultural, educational, racial and socioeconomic groups, and in heterosexual, gay, and lesbian relationships. In 95% of all reported cases, domestic violence involves a woman being battered by a man. Domestic violence involves one person controlling abother through the use of violence, sexual assault, threats, eomotional abuse, stalking, using children, and isolation. While domestic violence is a "hidden crime", it affects 25-35% of the population.
C.A.R.E.'s mission is to reduce family violence in Ingham County by drawing on the resources of various community groups to intervene with families affected by domestic violence. Since 1996, C.A.R.E. has helped over 1,600 survivors of domestic abuse.
If you are in immediate danger, call 911.
For 24 hour support, call 1-800-99-NO ABUSE (Michigan).
