Four years ago, the Allstate Foundation identified monetary issues affecting abuse victims as a priority cause. “We were shocked that no one was doing anything around financial empowerment for domestic violence survivors,” says Jennifer Kuhn, program manager for the Economics Against Abuse program. “One of the main reasons women stay in an abusive relationship is because they think they can't make it financially.”
After three years of grassroots outreach, it debuted its first consumer push, “Tell a Gal ...