Futures Without Violence

Futures Without Violence (formerly Family Violence Prevention Fund) is a non-profit organisation, with offices in San Francisco, Washington DC and Boston, United States, with the goal of ending domestic and sexual violence. Futures Without Violence is involved in community-based programs, developing educational material, and public policy work.

For more than 30 years, Futures Without Violence (previously known as Family Violence Prevention Fund) has been developing programs, policies, and campaigns that empower individuals and organizations working to end violence against women and children around the world. The national nonprofit organization strives to reach new audiences and transform social norms by training professionals such as doctors, nurses, judges, and athletic coaches on improving responses to violence and abuse. Futures Without Violence also works with advocates, policy makers, and others to build sustainable community leadership and educate people about the importance of respect and healthy relationships.

In 1980, Esta Soler received a federal grant and founded the Family Violence Project. The grant money provided more funding and resources for education and training programs in response to domestic violence calls for police departments to undergo. This police response reform had great success and had a domino effect for police departments across the country.

Soon after the grant for the Family Violence Project and the nationwide police response reform concerning domestic violence cases, Soler partnered up with various organizations to form the Violence Against Women Act. The bill was drafted to provide more funding and services for domestic violence shelters across the country, to change the way police departments and court systems handled domestic violence cases, to provide more training and intervention programs concerning domestic violence, and helped support public education campaigns nationwide. The Violence Against Women Act was passed on September 13, 1994. Domestic violence has decreased 80% since 1980 as a result. The Family Violence Project was later renamed as Futures Without Violence (FWV) in 2011 and is still a leading non-profit organization today. Esta Soler still serves as the founder and President of the non-profit and has helped the organization become recognized across the US and worldwide. FWV is known for its anti-violence education programs, domestic violence advocacy campaigns, and intervention and prevention of domestic violence. Soler is constantly working to continue to spread the success of her organization, and is currently fighting to pass the International Violence Against Women Act. Soler wants not only the US to have access to the education and prevention of domestic violence, but wants the message to be spread worldwide.

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