Help Children Orphaned by Domestic Violence: Purple Ribbon Fund for Children

To bring hope, healing and happiness to children of domestic violence homicide.

WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT:

Domestic homicide is a preventable act of domestic violence that leaves an estimated 4,000 children orphaned each year in the U.S. Most of these children lose both parents to murder-suicide. In other cases, their mom or dad is killed and the perpetrating parent/person is incarcerated.

While children of domestic homicide typically go to live with a loving grandparent, aunt, uncle or other family member, sometimes they are placed in foster homes temporarily or permanently.

When a domestic homicide happens- or any family tragedy for that matter- chaos, confusion and deep sorrow are natural.

Oftentimes, when families are coping with such a tragic loss, the last thing they think of is to ask for help. They are busy just surviving.

These situations become even more pervasive because in addition to being psychologically affected by the murder, some children are present during the murder and most are often previous victims of abuse.

The Purple Ribbon Fund for Children was created to: help alleviate this stress, meet the basic yet critical needs of these vulnerable children and empower their caregivers through supportive care.

ABOUT THE PURPLE RIBBON FUND FOR CHILDREN:

This special fund brings hope, healing and happiness to children who have lost a parent or both parents to domestic violence.

Purple Ribbon Council is the only designated national agency working to ensure that the surviving children and the rest of their extended family receive the supportive care and basic assistance they need to recover and move on.

With your help, the Purple Ribbon Fund for Children is able to provide:

1. A Family Liaison who works first responders and each individual family to assure immediate basic needs are met. This Liaison also provides supportive care and advocacy critical to helping children and their guardians restore hope and rebuild their lives after domestic homicide.

2. Resources for basic needs that help children and their caregivers alleviate post-traumatic stress and rebuild their lives.

3. "Camperships" for children and their families to attend Camp Butterfly- a weekend-long bereavement camp held in communities across the U.S.

Purple Ribbon Council's Camp Butterfly offers peer-guided support to help children of domestic homicide regain a sense of normalcy in their lives.

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION BEHIND THE PURPLE RIBBON FUND FOR CHILDREN:

PURPLE RIBBON COUNCIL MISSION:
Founded in August 2006, Purple Ribbon Council’s mission is to raise awareness and engage everyday people in the prevention of domestic abuse.

OUR VISION:
Break the Silence, Break the Cycle, Save Lives.

OUR WORK:
We are a volunteer-led, grassroots national organization. We invest in people and prevention, rather than costly programs. Our mission is met through awareness, community engagement, prevention education, restorative interventions, and cause marketing partnerships that help to meet our vision to: BREAK THE SILENCE, BREAK THE CYCLE, SAVE LIVES.

WHO WE ENGAGE:
Everyone! You do not need to be an expert to get involved in the prevention movement.

WHO WE HELP:
We collaborate with "natural helpers" in communities across Arizona and the U.S. to support, benefit and empower the most silent, under-served victims and survivors of domestic abuse including children who have lost a parent or both parents to this social disease.