Domestic Violence affects people from all different walks of life.

There is no one way a survivor looks. Swipe through to learn more about who Ahimsa House assists. 💜 #dvam #withsurvivorsalways #dvam2026 #dvactionmonth #withsurvivors We assist all ages of adults with the 35-39 group as the largest group and 55-59 being the smallest group. Larger DV statistics say that 18-24 is the age group most affected by DV, our stats may vary due to the rate of pet ownership for different age groups. While DV mostly impacts women, there are still other gender survivors who deserve the same access to services. About 5% of the people we assisted last year were men or non-binary people. 1/3 of respondents to our paperwork last year reported that they have some sort of disability. We have helped disabled survivors navigate self advocacy for their service animals to stay with them during crisis, and we regularly give out the most up to date information for survivors getting their pets prescribed as ESA animals as they work towards safe and stable housing. This dataset is interesting because we have 10 race/ethnicity groups in total on our paperwork and so there are 4 groups with no respondents in the last year. DV care and resources can look very different between cultures and there are many culture specific resources available around Georgia. Ahimsa House can assist with up to 8 pets from the same household. Most people only have 1 animal companion but we regularly assist larger families too! Though interestingly we jumped right over a 5 pet household this year. According to this year’s data from the HRC, Georgia has an LGBTQ+ population of 11.46%, which puts our 14% at a little above the average. We’ve left the 4.3% unknown responses for this question to show that some responders may be questioning or unwilling to disclose but we wanted to keep the percentages accurate. Only about 2/3s of the people who enter our program have reliable access to transportation! This huge barrier is a large reason that we moved to our decentralized model of care. We are able to assist survivors anywhere in GA by assisting with a tank of gas, an uber or occasionally begging a rura