Press Kit

Overview
LifeWire is one of Washington State’s leading nonprofits working to end domestic violence and support survivors on their paths to safety, stability, and healing. Through emergency shelter, housing assistance, and advocacy, LifeWire empowers survivors to rebuild their lives. We work to prevent domestic violence through community outreach and prevention. Since our founding in 1982, LifeWire’s work has helped 176,000 survivors live free from fear. 

Mission
LifeWire supports survivors of domestic violence on their path towards safety, stability, and healing. We work to end domestic violence by changing community beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors.

Budget
$5.17 million in 2025. LifeWire is a 501c(3) nonprofit organization (Federal EIN #91-1190193).

Additional Resources

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• Leadership
• What is Domestic Violence?
• DV by the Numbers
• Why People Stay

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Writing about domestic violence (DV)

Historically, media coverage of domestic violence has offered a false impression. Pitfalls to avoid include blaming the person who was hurt, excusing or explaining abusive behavior, claiming an abusive incident came from out of the blue, and not labeling intimate partner murders as such.

Journalists and writers can help change the narrative by:

• Focusing on an abuser’s actions rather than a survivor’s reactions.
• Explicitly naming abusive behavior as domestic violence.
• Acknowledging that domestic violence is not just a private matter. It has personal and systemic impacts. Domestic violence affects families, schools, communities, and businesses.
• Conveying that domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior. Lethal risk often escalates when a survivor is trying to leave or has recently left a relationship.

In 2008, the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence put together a media guide for writing about DV. While the data and some of the language may be outdated, it still offers a good starting place for accurately covering domestic violence crimes.

WSCADV’s Guide for Journalists and Other Media Professionals →