| This qualitative phenomenological study investigated the lived experiences of nonprofit organization (NPO) administrators of domestic violence programs in South Carolina. The study explored the location, funding, staffing, current laws and legislation, beliefs, details of programs, accessibility, and support strategies of the selected NPOs through the experiences of the study participants. Administrators from eight organizations were interviewed with the goal of revealing and documenting efficiency failures and/or barriers to domestic violence programs in South Carolina, as well as to understand the cause of the failures. It was posited that these failures possibly attribute to the state's high death rate of women due to domestic violence. Care was taken to ensure the selected programs focused on female victims. The findings from the study revealed that legislative concerns, culture, and overworked staff played a huge role in the effectiveness of domestic violence programs in South Carolina. |
