What does ADWAS stand for?

Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services

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Smaller items included $50,000 for the Des Moines Legacy Foundation, $50,000 for the Federal Way Symphony, $70,000 for African American Elders, $30,000 for Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services, and $20,000 for the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.

A healthy veto of county pork

Peter Berliner, Ending Abuse Starts with Dedication to Prevention, SEATTLE-POST INTELLIGENCER, July 16, 1995, at E1 (describing Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services as crisis services and advocacy for abused deaf and deaf-blind women, men, and children).

Mainstream legal responses to domestic violence vs. real needs of ...

In 1986, Smith started Seattle's Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services (ADWAS) in the basement of her Ravenna home.

Deaf victim blossoms into powerful advocate; $100,000 award to create ...

The four remaining groups are the Harborview Center for Sexual Assault and Traumatic Stress, the King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC), the Children's Response Center and the nationally renowned Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services.

RAPE RELIEF IN SEATTLE