GET THE SUPPORT THEY NEED. >> BEAUTY SALONS. THEY ARE NOT JUST FOR SMALL TALK AND STYLING. THEY ARE IN PLACE WHERE BONDS ARE FORMED, AT THE CENTER OF SO MANY COMMUNITIES, MAKING THEM A POTENTIAL LIFELINE FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE WHO HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO TURN. >> CLIENTS MIGHT BE ISOLATED FROM ALL OF THEIR RELATIONSHIPS IN THEIR LIVES, BEST FRIENDS, FAMILY MEMBERS DID >> IN SOME CASES, USERS. >> SOMETIMES, THE ABUSER HAS IDEAS ABOUT THEIR APPEARANCE AND WANT THEM TO LOOK A CERTAIN WAY, SO THIS MAY BE THE ONLY CONSISTENT RELATIONSHIP THEY STILL HAVE IN THEIR CIRCLE. >> ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE, ONE IN FOUR WOMEN HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE, ONLY AFTER FINALLY OPENING UP ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE, DID SUZANNE POST REALIZED SHE WAS ONE OF THEM. >> IT WASN'T UNTIL SOMEONE SAID THE WORD, THIS IS ABUSE, THAT I ACTUALLY TOOK THE TIME TO RESEARCH AND FIND OUT WHAT THAT WAS OUT SIDE OF THAT. >> AFTER LEAVING THE ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP, NOW, POST IS HEALING HER WOUNDS BY HELPING OTHER VICTIMS. SHE LAUNCHED A COURSE TO TRAIN COSMETOLOGISTS TO SPOT THE WARNING SIGNS OF ABUSE, AND SOME ARE PHYSICAL, THINNING HAIR, BRUISING, SCARS, OTHERS ARE LESS OBVIOUS BUT COULD BE JUST AS DAMAGING. >> IF THEY ARE CONTROLLING OR EXCESSIVELY JEALOUS, IF THEY WON'T ALLOW YOUR CLIENT TO CHANGE THEIR HAIR COLOR. >> WE TOOK THIS COURSE OURSELVES. IT TEACHES COSMETOLOGISTS AND ANYONE TO LOOK WHAT TO LOOK FOR, WHAT TO ASK AND WHERE TO CALL FOR HELP. TENNESSEE AND ILLINOIS HAVE ALREADY MADE IT MANDATORY FOR BEAUTY PROFESSIONALS AND U.S. SENATORS MARSHA BLACKBURN AND TAMMY DUCKWORTH WANT TO EXPAND WITH A NEW BIPARTISAN BILL TO INCENTIVIZE ALL 50 STATES TO IMPLEMENT WHAT HAS WORKED SO WELL FOR THEIRS. >> WHAT YOU THINK IT IS ABOUT BEING AT A SALON THAT MAKES WOMEN SO COMFORTABLE TO OPEN UP? >> THESE ARE GREAT PLACES FOR WOMEN TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS THAT THEY WOULD NOT SIT DOWN AND HOW WITH MALE COLLEAGUES, AT A LUNCH MEETING. >> IT'S A SAFE PLACE. >> INDEED. >> THIS WOULD OFFER GRANTS TO STATES THAT REQUIRE COSMETOLOGISTS TO RECEIVE THIS TRAINING, WHICH THOUSAND HAVE TAKEN ALREADY. >> IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY TO OUR COLLEAGUES, THAT THESE ARE WORKING WELL. >> SHARON ROBERTSON IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE YWCA, OPERATING THE LARGEST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER IN THE STATE. >> ONE OF OUR CITIZENS CAME TO US AND SAW INFORMATION ABOUT A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDED EDUCATION TO INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE STYLISTS ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. >> THE SENATORS HELP THAT THEY CAN BRUSH UP ON PARTISANSHIP. >> SO, THE SENATORS WORK TOGETHER, BUT WHAT MAKES HIM SO CONFIDENT THIS CAN PASS NOW IN THIS VERY DIVIDED CONGRESS? >> THEY HAD A LONG WORKING RELATIONSHIP IN THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE AND HAD PASSED WORK ON MILITARY LEGISLATION, OTHER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES, AND HAVE A LOT OF PROVEN SUCCESS TRACK RECORDS AND WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT THIS THAT IS SO IMPORTANT IS IT'S NOT LIKE IT WOULD REQUIRE ALL STATES TO IMPLEMENT A NEW LAW. IT WOULD NOT MANDATE THIS FOR EVERY SINGLE STATE, THIS IS AGAIN, JUST TO SPREAD AWARENESS. IT'S TO OFFER GRANTS TO STATES THAT PROVIDE THIS TRAINING AND MAKE IT MANDATORY TO OBTAIN THE LICENSE AND THEY THINK THAT THIS IS A NO-BRAINER. WE TALK ABOUT THIS A LOT, IF YOU OR SOMEBODY YOU KNOW WATCHING THIS IS EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AT HOME, THERE IS A HOTLINE AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO CALL AND YOU SHOULD SEE THAT NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN. OR, TEXT THIS NUMBER.