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The Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Data Collection System is a project to enhance and improve the collection of statewide data from all victims who use the services of local domestic violence programs and sexual assault centers. This project began in April of 1996 through the support of the Violence Against Women Act (V-STOP) funds.

"I was close to ending my own life. I felt safe here."

A survivor of domestic and sexual violence wrote these words on a survey completed for the community domestic/sexual violence program where services were received. This survey is a part of the data collected by VAdata, the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Data Collection system.

Survivors of violence and advocates in Virginia's more than 50 sexual and domestic violence agencies (SDVAs) have been providing data to this system for more than 10 years. In 2010, SDVAs responded to 61,860 hotline calls. They provided 344,203 hours of face-to-face services to 18,468 victims of domestic violence, including 4,368 children and 7,026 victims of sexual violence, including 2,123 children.

Domestic Violence Service Agencies provided emergency shelter to 6,261 women, children, and men . On an average night in 2010, there were 517 people staying in a domestic violence shelter; a 10% increase from 2008.

In addition to an increase in emergency shelter, domestic violence programs reported providing transitional housing to 163 families, including 171 children, in 2010. Transitional housing programs provide essential support for victims of domestic violence and their children as they transition from emergency shelter to independent living.