District 2 Supervisor Liz Archuleta — Special Edition News — Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, and COVID-19

These figures are updated and shared each evening between 7:00 pm and 8:00 pm on the County’s Facebook and Website. We will continue sharing these figures in our daily newsletter, but please note that the data is from the evening before.

Here is the information as of 04/15/2020:

AZDHS just updated their COVID-19 website which now includes race and ethnicity on confirmed cases, location of confirmed cases by zip code, ages & gender of related deaths, and number of hospital beds & ICU beds available.

In today’s newsletter, we would like to address an important and difficult issue that unfortunately affects many individuals in Coconino County, and that is domestic violence, child abuse, and COVID-19.

According to the American Psychological Association, traumatic events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, can lead to an increase in domestic violence and child abuse due to isolation, increased stress, and time alone with one another. MSNBC recently reportedthat calls to the National Domestic Violence have increased since the beginning of the pandemic.

Unfortunately, due to the nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, victims and survivors are unable to access the resources and safe havens they could typically use before the pandemic. This raises a unique issue on how to support these community members during this period of prolonged self-isolation. Below are some resources for employers, survivors, and advocates who would like support our vulnerable community members during this time.

This is hard and difficult, but we are a strong community, and you are not alone. We will get through this together.

For Employers

Mental and Behavioral Health Providers offering Tele-Health:

The Guidance Center: (928) 527-1899

Southwest Behavioral and Health Services: (928) 779-4550

Child and Family Support Services: (928) 774-0775

Encompass: (928) 645-5113

By filling out the census, you are ensuring that our community is counted and can receive the necessary resources we need to keep our community safe, healthy, and thriving!

Other important things to keep in mind:

“There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.”No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster.” – 14th Dalai Lama

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