June 4, 2026 8:04 am
Clark County, Government, Health, News 
YWCA’s Domestic Violence High Risk Team specialist Malerie Paynter, from left, chats with volunteers Kristi Hafdahl, Jade Embry, Paula Paulsen and Kirsten David at the YWCA last week. Funding for the YWCA’s Domestic Violence High Risk Team is in jeopardy. (Photos by Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
A sign lets survivors know they are in a safe space at the YWCA, as pictured on Thursday morning. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
YWCA’s Domestic Violence High Risk Team volunteers Kristi Hafdahl, Jade Embry, Pamela Paulsen and Kirsten David take a break at the YWCA. The YWCA’s Domestic Violence High Risk Team has lost funding. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
YWCA’s Domestic Violence High Risk Team volunteer Pamela Paulsen, from left, joins the team’s specialist Malerie Paynter and fellow volunteers Kristi Hafdahl and Jade Embry at the YWCA’s Vancouver offices on Thursday morning. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
YWCA’s Domestic Violence High Risk Team volunteer Pamela Paulsen, from left, joins the team’s specialist Malerie Paynter and fellow volunteers Kristi Hafdahl and Jade Embry at the YWCA’s Vancouver offices on Thursday morning. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
YWCA Clark County will lose state funding for its Domestic Violence High Risk Team by the end of the month.
The program, which launched in March 2025, establishes partnerships with law enforcement and attorneys to help identify domestic violence victims who are at high risk of being killed or seriously injured by their abusers. The program has identified 86 people to be at high risk.
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