Domestic Violence Shelter is a nonprofit Rhode Island-based provider of services like residence, education, food, treatment and support for women and children escaping from the people who abuse them. Since 2004 when Domestic Violence Shelter was opened and until now this place became like a safe haven for many women and children who was a victims of abuse. Victims of domestic violence who enter the program receive all the services and support they need for up to a year.
The Domestic violence shelter is funded by State and federal funds, as well as donations from charitable churches, organizations, and money from fundraising projects is given to Domestic Violence Shelter to sustain operations. However, these days the program is facing some …show more content…
Consequently, Domestic Violence Shelter currently heavily depends on private donations and fundraising programs, which are insufficient to meet the increased demand of victims. For the first time ever, Domestic Violence Shelter has been forced to reduce the number of our shelter beds along with staff. The implication of this is that we presently only able to render services to about half the number of domestic violence victims as we did before. The lack of shelter beds means that an escapee of domestic violence would be forced to seek refuge at a homeless shelter, a potentially unsecure facility run by people untrained to handle victims of domestic violence. The executive director of the Rhode Island Coalition against Domestic Violence said “This is the first time in the history of domestic violence services in Rhode Island we’ve ever had to scale back in this dramatic …show more content…
Finally, at the end the Domestic Violence Shelter help the domestic violence survivors to find affordable housing after recovery and stability, helping them find a place that they can call it home. Because having a home a place where they feel that they belong to and a place where they feel safe, is one of the most important steps for them to move over in their lives and to heal physiologically from their physiological
The Domestic violence shelter is funded by State and federal funds, as well as donations from charitable churches, organizations, and money from fundraising projects is given to Domestic Violence Shelter to sustain operations. However, these days the program is facing some …show more content…
Consequently, Domestic Violence Shelter currently heavily depends on private donations and fundraising programs, which are insufficient to meet the increased demand of victims. For the first time ever, Domestic Violence Shelter has been forced to reduce the number of our shelter beds along with staff. The implication of this is that we presently only able to render services to about half the number of domestic violence victims as we did before. The lack of shelter beds means that an escapee of domestic violence would be forced to seek refuge at a homeless shelter, a potentially unsecure facility run by people untrained to handle victims of domestic violence. The executive director of the Rhode Island Coalition against Domestic Violence said “This is the first time in the history of domestic violence services in Rhode Island we’ve ever had to scale back in this dramatic …show more content…
Finally, at the end the Domestic Violence Shelter help the domestic violence survivors to find affordable housing after recovery and stability, helping them find a place that they can call it home. Because having a home a place where they feel that they belong to and a place where they feel safe, is one of the most important steps for them to move over in their lives and to heal physiologically from their physiological