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About the CUT IT OUT ® Program 
  
 CUT IT OUT®: The Beauty Community Against Domestic Abuse is dedicated to mobilizing salon professionals and others to fight the epidemic of domestic abuse in communities across the U.S. by building awareness and training salon professionals to recognize warning signs and safely refer clients, colleagues, friends and family to local resources. 
  
 Why the Salon Professional? 
  
 Salon professionals are in a unique position to recognize the signs and symptoms of abuse in their clients and co-workers. Because of the intimate and nurturing nature of the relationship between salon professionals and their clients and co-workers, salon professionals can often spot signs of physical abuse that others may never see. 
  
 Research shows that most battered women never call the police or go to a shelter. However, they do usually talk about the abuse with someone they trust. Because salon professionals are skilled and experienced listeners who are personally interested in those around them, many victims suffering from abuse feel comfortable confiding in them - even if they would never tell anyone else. For an abused woman, the salon may be an ideal environment to seek out help because it may be one of the few places she is allowed to go without her abuser. 
  
 With proper training on how to recognize the signs of abuse and safely refer victims to help, salon professionals can become invaluable and influential community partners in the fight against domestic abuse. ||||| ILLINOIS-- In Illinois, lawmakers have proposed a new approach to preventing domestic violence. They are looking to the beauty profession to help spot ugly situations at home. Some believe training salon workers could help save lives. 
  
 Women go to the salon for a new look, but can end up spilling secrets about struggles at home. New York stylist Kerri Towers has heard it all at the salon. 
  
 "It can be very intimate. Once you get to know someone and they keep coming back to you, they trust you," she said. 
  
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 It's that kind of openness that has Illinois lawmakers looking to require a mandatory hour of training for nail technicians and hairdressers to help spot signs of abuse when renewing their license every two years. This would be the first law of its kind in the country. 
  
 Towers agrees that training specifically for domestic violence might actually be very helpful. 
  
 "I do not know what to spot so training would be a great thing," she said. 
  
 National programs like the Professional Beauty Association's "Cut It Out," train stylists to recognize abuse and refer victims to helpful resources. Results can be hard to track. 
  
 Safe Horizon is the largest victim services agency in the nation. CEO of Safe Horizon, Ariel Zwang, said abused women are often isolated from friends and family, so they are more likely to open up to a cosmetologist. 
  
 "There's something about that salon technician or hair stylist that makes them feel free to talk but not be judged," she said. 
  
 Nationwide, more than 20,000 phone calls are placed to domestic violence hotlines. But the Department of Justice estimates 50 percent of cases go unreported. 
  
 "With one in four American women experiencing domestic violence, there are going to be women in every salon, every day, who could benefit from a referral to a domestic violence service provider," said Zwang. 
  
 If the law passes in Illinois, salon employees would not be blamed for failing to intervene in a domestic violence situation. Safe Horizon pointed out there are resources for victims in every state and online. ||||| Please enable Javascript to watch this video 
  
 ROCK ISLAND, Illinois-- Helping with a fresh wash or a new cut is common at this salon in Rock Island. But helping customers talk through some of the most personal things is also part of the job. 
  
 "We are neutral. We're not their best friend, we're not their spouse, we're not their child or mother. So they will share things with us," says Lynn Surr, owner of John Taylor salon in Rock Island, Illinois. 
  
 "One in four women will be a victim of domestic violence in their lifetime," says Family Resources director Brittney Delp. 
  
 A new Illinois law requires all licensed hair dressers to get training to help identify signs of domestic abuse in their clients. 
  
 "Any kinds of tender spots on the scalp that are unexplainable or bruising along the hairline too," says Delp. 
  
 Stylists will take a one hour class every two years when they get their license renewed. 
  
 "I think it's a really good first step. One of the biggest things is having someone that supports you and believes you and senses that something's going on," says Delp. 
  
 It's taking the phrase up close and personal to a whole new level. 
  
 "The majority of us are women, and I think we're all sisters in a way. And we're all out to look out for one another," says Surr. 
  
 It's opening up and having the tools to know what to do next. 
  
 The law protects stylists from lawsuits if they report signs of abuse. But it does not require them to report any signs of abuse to police. 
  
 The new law was signed by Governor Bruce Rauner in August and goes into effect the first of the year. ||||| Illinois has become the first state to pass a law requiring that licensed hairdressers receive training to recognize in their clients any evidence of domestic and sexual violence, according to a local news channel, WQAD. The law, which was signed by Governor Bruce Rauner in August and takes effect on Jan. 1, 2017, is unprecedented in the salon industry. 
  
 According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, “On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. During one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men.” The physical signs of such abuse — which often go unnoticed — can be more easily caught by vigilant hairdressers, who inspect and touch their clients’ heads as they work. The new law sets stylists up as first responders for abuse, should they choose to assume this role. 
  
 According to WQAD, hairdressers will take a one-hour class every two years, when they get their license renewed, which will include instruction on how to identify “tender spots on the scalp that are unexplainable or bruising along the hairline” as they wash hair, massage scalps, and cut, color, and style hair, according to Brittney Delp, supervisor of the Illinois domestic violence services at the nonprofit Family Resources, Inc., in Moline, Ill. 
  
 “I think it’s a really good first step,” Delp said. “One of the biggest things is having someone that supports you and believes you and senses that something’s going on.” 
  
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 Even before the law was passed, the Professional Beauty Association (PBA) launched the Cut It Out campaign to promote the idea of “mobilizing salon professionals and others to fight the epidemic of domestic abuse in communities across the U.S.” It suggested that building awareness among salon professionals could help them “recognize warning signs and safely refer clients, colleagues, friends and family to local resources.” 
  
 The site notes that “research shows that most battered women never call the police or go to a shelter. However, they do usually talk about the abuse with someone they trust. … With proper training on how to recognize the signs of abuse and safely refer victims to help, salon professionals can become invaluable and influential community partners in the fight against domestic abuse.” 
  
 WQAB and the PBA point out that victims of abuse may be more comfortable confiding in a hairdresser about their their situation, “because salon professionals are skilled and experienced listeners who are personally interested in those around them.” The site also points out that salons are often one of the only places where victims are alone, without their abusers. 
  
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 “We are neutral. We’re not their best friend, we’re not their spouse, we’re not their child or mother. So they will share things with us,” Lynn Surr, owner of John Taylor Salon in Rock Island, Ill., said in an interview with the news station. “The majority of us [clients and stylists] are women, and I think we’re all sisters in a way, and we’re all out to look out for one another.” That said, the new law does not require that hairdressers report signs of assault. If they choose to report abuse, however, they are legally protected, according to WQAD. 
  
 Now, hairdressers in Illinois have the tools to make their clients look and feel great — and potentially save their lives in the process. 
  
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The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence estimates that an incident in which one partner abuses another occurs once every 20 minutes in the US, which translates to more than 10 million incidents a year—and Illinois is hoping its hairdressers can now help those in peril, Yahoo Beauty reports. A law signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner in August and set to go into effect Jan. 1 will require all licensed hairdressers in the state to be trained to recognize signs of domestic abuse and sexual assault via a one-hour class every two years, WQAD reports. That instruction will include ways to ID "tender spots on the scalp that are unexplainable or bruising along the hairline," an Illinois nonprofit supervisor tells Yahoo. The Professional Beauty Association, which runs its own "Cut It Out" abuse awareness campaign, notes customers often confide in salon workers because they're "skilled and experienced listeners ... personally interested in those around them." Plus, for battered women, a salon is one of the few places she's likely to be alone, away from her abuser. "There's something about that salon technician or hairstylist that makes [customers] feel free to talk but not be judged," the CEO of the Safe Horizon victim services group tells CBS News. Hairdressers aren't required to report suspected abuse, but if they decide to, they'll be protected under the new law from lawsuits. (An Ohio woman sued her abusive husband and was awarded $21.5 million.)