Peaceful Families,
Safe Communities

Since 1978, First Step has been working for peaceful families and safe communities in Wayne County, Michigan. First Step is a non-profit agency providing comprehensive services for survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

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FACTS ARE FACTS

  • AN ESTIMATED
    1.3 MILLION
    people are victims of physical assault by an intimate partner each year.

    Costs of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United States. 2003. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Centers for Injury Prevention and Control. Atlanta, GA.

  • 1 IN EVERY 4
    Women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime.

    Tjaden, Patricia & Thoennes, Nancy. National Institute of Justice and the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, “Extent, Nature and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey,” (2000)

  • 85%
    of domestic violence victims are women.

    Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime Data Brief, Intimate Partner Violence, 1993-2001, February 2003
  • 1 IN 6 WOMEN 1 IN 33 MEN have experienced an attempted or completed rape
    U.S. Department of Justice, “Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women,” November 1998.

First Step Offices

Plymouth
 Administrative and
Survivor Services
44567 Pinetree Drive
Plymouth, MI 48170
734.416.1111

Wayne
Karen Wilson
Smithbauer Center
4400 S. Venoy
Wayne, MI 48184
734.722.1772

Lincoln Park
Survivor Services
1394 Cleophus Parkway
Lincoln Park, MI 48146
By appointment only

Detroit
Survivor Services
2727 Second Ave.
Suite 304
Detroit, MI 48210
By appointment only