NORTHBROOK, Ill., Oct. 28, 2014 /3BL Media/ – Today, The Allstate Foundation announced 14 recipients in a one-of-a-kind grant program supporting financial empowerment services for domestic violence survivors. The Moving Ahead Financial Empowerment Grant Program, now in its seventh year, provides funds to state domestic violence coalitions to help address the No. 1 reason victims stay in and return to violent relationships—finances.

“New research shows that three in five Americans know someone who has been the victim of abuse and more than one in four have been abused themselves,” said Vicky Dinges, senior vice president of Corporate Responsibility at Allstate. “In almost all of these situations, financial abuse and control are used to trap women in abusive relationships. These grants will help women and their families leave abuse behind and take control of their financial futures.”

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