Previous
Next
Welcome To The MCFJC Foundation
Join Our 12K to Help End Domestic Violence October 22 - 24
Registration Opens August 1st - $35 per person
The first 250 people to register before September 15th will receive a hat with our race logo in the mail.
One Weekend. One Team. One Cause. Stronger Together 2021.
The purpose of the MCFJC Foundation 12K to Help End Domestic Violence is to raise financial support and awareness for programs and efforts of the Family Justice Center Foundation around domestic violence. This includes supporting wrap-around services for victims of domestic violence and their children and programming to educate teens about healthy relationships and warning signs of teen dating violence. By joining in this interactive and inclusive event, you can make a difference in the lives of those struggling in our community.
This 12K race honors the 12th Anniversary of the MCFJC Foundation. You can help raise awareness, funds, and community engagement in October, Domestic Violence Awareness month, to shine a light in the darkness.
Please join us to walk, run, bike, roll a 12K race the weekend of October 22-24, to benefit the Foundation’s mission. All funds raised go far towards enabling the success of this lifesaving work. We are stronger together as a community, supporting those suffering abuse.
If you are not able to complete your 12K during the October 22-24 weekend, feel free to log your miles or make a donation any time during the month of October. We are so happy to have your participation!
12 Great Reasons to Support the MCFJC Foundation
- Emergency Relief Fund Program (ERFP) providing emergency financial assistance to meet immediate, critical needs that directly impact the safety, wellness, or healing of a victim of domestic violence and/or their children
- Emergency Transportation Rides to victims of domestic violence and their children
- Video Conference Protective Order Program for victims of domestic violence to testify from the safety of the FJC in order to get initial Orders of Protection
- Financial support to the on-site legal providers at the FJC so victims can receive free legal support for emergency protective orders
- LifeLine Financial Emergency Assistance for access to groceries, medication, gas, and other necessities
- Financial Literacy workshops for high school students and victims of domestic violence in shelters each year (financial abuse occurs in over 95% of domestic violence cases)
- Support for the FJC’s Learning Institute to educate the first responders, community groups and teens about issues of teen dating and domestic violence
- A new toy or stuffed animal to each child whose family seeks the services of the FJC for domestic violence
- Support and materials for specialized counseling for children exposed to domestic violence
- Partnerships for children exposed to domestic violence to attend free summer camp
- Twelve years of support for the annual RespectFest conference on teen dating violence for teens, parents and youth care providers
- Support for the annual teen PSA Video contest on teen dating violence
Ways to Support the MCFJC Foundation
$1 per card is donated to the Foundation to help victims of domestic violence. Search for MCFJC Foundation under Peace & Justice. Click Here to send an Eco Card.
Select us and when you shop on AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to the MCFJC Foundation. Click Here to sign up for AmazonSmile.
- In the U.S. Approximately 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner.
- Prolonged stress and anxiety increase the frequency and severity of abuse.
- Gun sales are surging nationwide – victims of domestic violence are five times more likely to be killed when their abuser owns a gun.
- 6 million Americans filed for unemployment within the last few weeks. Unemployment increases the use of alcohol, which increases the severity and frequency of domestic violence.
- With school and activities being cancelled because of COVID-19 quarantined children must stay at home. This increases the risk of children being abused.
FREE services for victims of domestic violence available during the COVID-19 crisis:
The Family Justice Center (FJC)
Transportation to and/or from the Center is available for those who need it.
Monday – Friday from 8:30am – 5:00pm
Call: 240-773-0444
Walk-in: 600 Jefferson Plaza, Suite 500, Rockville, MD 20852
Abused Persons Program
Call: 240-777-4195
For 24-Hour Assistance: The Montgomery County Crisis Center
Call: 240-777-4000
The Montgomery County Family Violence Awareness and Prevention Campaign
Gun Safety During COVID-19
Financial Literacy
Financial literacy is a key to self-sufficiency. Self-sufficiency is a key to independent thinking. Independence is a critical piece in providing a better chance for a domestic violence victim to leave – and not return – to an abusive relationship.
The MCFJC Foundation, aware that victims of domestic violence are a vulnerable population who are oftentimes financially underserved and underbanked, is working with a local financial institution on a special project to help FJC clients (many of whom have never had access to any money of their own!) develop financial literacy and financial capacity.
For more information on Financial Abuse visit PurplePurse.com or NCADV.org.
To learn more about our Financial Literacy Program.
The goal is to help the client become totally financial fit. Elements of the on-going program include both general understandings as well as specific “how to’s”:
- Why financial independence is critical
- How financial independence helps break the inter generational cycle of violence
- How do I learn how to budget?
- Interactive discussions and Q & A events for parents and middle and high school students around the issue of financial literacy
- Selecting a bank or credit union that will be best for you
- How to open an account
- Establishing your own credit (or credit repair!
- Saving – no matter how small!
- Keeping your banking information safe
What is a Family Justice Center?
The Friends of the Family Justice Center is one of only approximately 40 centers located in the United States and other countries. The concept is to create a family-friendly environment in which a multi-disciplinary team of professionals works together in one, centralized location to provide coordinated services to victims of family violence.
Prior to the Center’s opening in Montgomery County, victims of domestic violence would have to visit as many as 20 different agencies to receive vital services and assistance. With victims often escaping their situations with only the clothes on their back and no transportation, this made an already challenging situation nearly impossible.
Our Mission
The mission of the MCFJC Foundation is two-fold: we support the work of the Montgomery County Family Justice Center by raising funds and providing services to victims of domestic violence and their children; and we raise awareness regarding the impact of domestic violence and outreach to the County’s youth to help teach about healthy relationships. A non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation, The MCFJC Foundation works to help strengthen the lives of families affected by domestic violence and relationship abuse and break the cycle of violence in future generations.
We look forward to the day when the scourge of domestic violence – emotional, psychological and physical abuse – will no longer be a factor in the lives of our friends and neighbors in Montgomery County.
