TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The silhouettes on the wall are reminders of victims of sexual or domestic violence.

Ana, 20 years old, shot to death. Pearl, 85 years old, strangled.

"These are stunning numbers," Joyce Grover, executive director for the Kansas Coalition against sexual and domestic violence said, as she presented the latest figures at a Safe Home, Safe Streets awareness event.

"Domestic battery, rape and sexual battery consistently rank in the top 10 person crimes in the most populated areas of Kansas," she said.

Members of the coalition's 29 programs and service providers from across the state met to raise awareness of what they call a dire situation.

A Kansas Bureau of Investigation Report revealed that homicides related to domestic violence increased from 14.8 percent 31.07 percent from 2008 to 2010, Grover said.

Preliminary data from the Center for Disease Control estimated that 29 percent of Kansas women have been victim of sexual violence, physical violence and/or stalking.

That translates to about 312,000 women.

But statewide less than 500 beds are available in shelters for violence victims.

"Think about what this means," Grover said. "When a bed opens, it's immediately filled. When a counselor has an opening available, it's immediately scheduled. When a survivor leaves the hospital emergency room, another takes her place.

Laura Patzner, executive director for the Family Crisis Center, Inc. knows the struggle too well.

"Our staff talks about making the decision every day of who comes into the shelter and who doesn't and our advocates feel very strongly that it's not their decision," she said.

Advocates say recent funding cuts have taken a toll on victims and on their staff and volunteers.

Kansas lawmakers cut funding for domestic violence services by 25 percent from 2009 to 2010. It has held steady since - and the coalition is calling for it to remain stable if it cannot be increased.

"Yes it's been stable but that stable is down from what it should be," Patzner said.

Funding comes from the Kansas State General Fund, the Attorney General's office and the governor's grant program.

"Funding is the only thing that helps us get to the place where we want to be, which is ultimately ending violence," Patzner said.