On Friday, October 11, 2019, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly signed the Domestic Violence Awareness Month Proclamation, marking October 2019 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Kansas. The Governor’s Office announced the Proclamation saying, “Millions of people across our state and nation are affected by domestic violence each year. To help raise awareness and show support for victims and survivors of domestic violence, I signed a proclamation marking October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Kansas.”

On Tuesday evening, Topeka Mayor Michelle De La Isla proclaimed the month of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month for the city of Topeka. The month is dedicated to increasing awareness about domestic violence and how widespread domestic violence is.

The Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence (KCSDV) recognizes the 32nd annual Domestic Violence Awareness Month this October. The month is dedicated to increasing awareness about domestic violence and how widespread domestic violence is. In 2018, in just one day, Kansas domestic violence victim advocacy services programs provided services to a total of 702 domestic violence victims. Additionally, 4,000 requests for service had to be referred to other service providers outside the victim’s community, and one in four homicides in Kansas were domestic violence-related.