Pathetic Pay Makes Domestic Violence Victims Stay

Dear employers in the system and the members of working society beneath them:

Check this out...

I have X'ed out the specific name of the company, city, county and address, so I don't get blasted from anyone for this)
I found this on an online job hunting site; it caught my attention from the DV position, as my passion is advocating for victims; and then I saw the salary offered - $34,900 for an ATTORNEY... but ... the kicker is ... (continued at bottom of post)

XXXXXXX Legal Services seeks a full or part-time attorney for its XXXXXXXXXXX office in XXXX County, FL.
The attorney will help families escape domestic violence situations where violence, power and control are a threat to physical and emotional health and safety.
Much of the work will involve seeking injunctions for Protection Against Domestic Violence. The attorney will be expected to become an integral part of the local community involved in the effort to help those families facing domestic violence.
The full-time position offers a salary of $34,900+DOE and excellent benefits. Please send a letter expressing your interest and a resume to XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX EOE/AA

On the same day, in the same area, I found an ad for employment for a couple to live and work at a youth foster care camp, and along with accomodation and food while on duty, they would receive salary compensation in the mid-$40,000.00!!!!

AN ATTORNEY WITH SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFERED $34,000.00
BUT A COUPLE WHO FOSTERS CHILDREN WITH NO EDUCATION OR SPECIALIZATION REQUIREMENTS ARE OFFERED $40,000 salary - - $10,000.00 MORE PLUS LIVING ARRANGEMENTS? This could get lawyers thinking "I'm in the wrong line of work..."

NO WONDER there is very limited assistance for DV Victims - and trust me - IT IS VERY LIMITED. I have gone through the State Attorneys' office/Victim's Witness Department in circles; Talking to Advocates who only TRULY can offer phone numbers and names of the people who referred me to them in the first place (its not their fault there's a lack of resources); shelters that are full and when they do have space, only offer 30 days to rebuild an entire life from nothing if you are running from an abuser who could kill you...(that offer does not come with much hope)... and then the police officers who resent victims of DV because of how much paperwork is involved if they do their job right, because of the victims who fear pressing charges so they retract their statements or are reluctant in prosecuting ... why? because of the lack of resources which drops the ball and forces them back to their abusers who will be more angry if they do try to prosecute or press charges, and, before they know it, their case is dropped because of these limited resources, in this particular Florida city, that happens approximately 50% of the time - DV cases are not cleared with an arrest...then you have the social workers who are so overworked and underpaid that they let abusers get away with their actions because the abuser appears to be cooperating unlike the basket case emotional victim who suffers from PTSD, when really the abuser is manipulating... abusing via the system... all the while, the children are NOT being protected..
NO WONDER
$34,000 after law school is over, and financial aid and student loans are due and a lawyer expects better; unless his/her compassion and passion is for assisting DV victims and they don't expect the $250/hr rates and high retainer fees to make the law actually work for their clients... (to find the law, follow the money so they say)
Not many attorneys would take this job... ... so, DV victims are again the ones who lose out, get the run around, and go back to their abusers because of a lack of assistance once they do get out.
The most dangerous time for victims when they leave their abusers, they NEED legal assistance and because abusers often use the SYSTEM when they can't reach their victims with their FISTS anymore; these lawyers are needed more than ever if ever we expect a change in the domestic violence problem. If the victims can't sustain safely when they leave, how can you expect them to go?
Instead, we take children from beaten down abused mothers put them in foster care, and pay some run of the mill couple MORE money to keep them alive long enough to destroy the family entirely, have them administer psychotropic drugs to test on the children making money from contracted facilities and charge it to Medicaid who already doesn't have the funds to thrive, and assist the system methods to a CYA policy (they'll deny) when children are abused by system workers by those $40,000.00 per year salaried foster parents who lose their patience, tolerance, and fitness to handle special needs traumatized by this government hypocrisy and ludacris way we run our countries' family law system.

PAY THE LEGAL AID DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ATTORNEYS ENOUGH TO HAVE ENOUGH OF THEM AROUND FOR HELP ENOUGH TO MAKE ENOUGH OF A DIFFERENCE!!!

Less foster children from a less corrupt system would require less foster parents which would make the necessity to hire just anyone for the job less because the job would be filled by those who really care and expect only a reasonable rate of salary, not MORE than the attorneys that should be there to help nip that problem in the bud in the first place.

Mooooo.... I feel like part of a cattle call when dealing with the system.... Moooo....

I could be wrong, but thats my opinion...

Signed,
Nameless Case No. 633270831
(formerly the Jones' family)