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in demand and in jeopardy. As of September 15, 2010 (National Summary, 2010) there were 83% of domestic violence programs reported of having higher demand for their services, while 77% of programs had reported a decreased in funding. For the same time, the state of Wisconsin (Wisconsin Summary, 2010) the demands for domestic violence services were at 74%, while 66% of programs had reported a decreased in the State's funding.

In 2008, the State of Wisconsin reported 29,769 domestic abuse incidents that was reported to law enforcement and referred to the district attorney's offices throughout the state of Wisconsin. Out of the 29,769 reported domestic abuse incident, Milwaukee County reported 9,489 or 32% incidents of domestic violence to law enforcement, out of those 9,489 incidents, 1,724 incidents involved African American women. (DAIR, 2008)

Although, many survivors receive the require services, medical, legal, advocate supports, emergency shelters, job training and employment assistance which include financial skills. The challenges for these programs are the inability of measureing how successful and effective their screening instruments for survivors of domestic violence.

Summaries of Literature Review

The development of community based domestic violence services is linked to the history and the evolution of the battered women's movement. Community based, domestic violence programs, emerged in the late 1960s and in the 1970s. Domestic violence advocates, began to develop programs to provide safety and support to abused women. There are African American women who experience domestic violence, refrain from seeking help from these traditional domestic violence programs, where the traditional programs is based on the views, beliefs, values and culture of the White middle class women.

Saathoff, A & Stoffel, A., E (1999) Community-Based Domestic Violence Services, this article evaluate the growing community based domestic violence services, which began in the 1970s. There are more than 2,000 domestic violence organizations that range in programs, from crisis oriented services, hot lines and shelters. Some agencies provide legal, health and mental health services, assisting in finding permanent housing, and safety planning. This article also analysis and describes the trends in the services that this community based organizations offer.

Domestic violence women's advocates characterized domestic violence as a sociocultural crisis. Victims relied upon the endless effort of domestic violence advocates. At the beginning until batter women shelters was established, many domestic violence advocates used their home as shelters, not allowing their locations to be known for the safety and protection of the women that were living there. Direct and indirect services were offered to women by 1997, there were an estimated 1,800 agencies, by 1999, and the number of agencies grew to 2,000 agencies that provide services for women.

Coley, M, .S, & Beckett, O.J, (1988), Black Battered Women: A Review of Empirical Literature. These authors reviewed several literatures about battered women, but when reviewing the literature about ethnic groups, specifically African American women, were there is little information provided, where the topic was about African American women. The authors decided to examine 17 studies divided into five categories of inc