Thanks.
I've really found this whole conversation interesting, because there's a hole in the middle of it, which is those who are causing harm and how we take that piece on.
I agree that there are funding barriers that need to be looked at. It could be looking at alternative ways of addressing men's violence, when you're working with traditional practices within indigenous communities. It could be looking at the barriers that are in place for biracial and Black communities accessing services, when they don't trust the police response that's happening, historically, to them. There are options that we need to consider if we're going to take this on in a serious way and provide off-ramps for people to access services that don't necessarily involve formal processes, like criminal justice and police responses.
If we really want to take a look at this and try to get ahead of this issue, we need to look at where that funding streams through, how it works, the support of women and women's services, and then begin to really take seriously how we open access to individuals who want to deal with this issue but don't necessarily trust the systems that are in place.