{"id":2360,"date":"2016-06-06T18:57:30","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T18:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/safehorizon.wpengine.com\/?p=2360"},"modified":"2025-06-10T13:01:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T17:01:55","slug":"domestic-violence-emergency-shelters-provide-safety-security-victims-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/safe-blog\/domestic-violence-emergency-shelters-provide-safety-security-victims-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency Domestic Violence Shelters Provide Safety and Security to Victims and Their Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2190 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Prelude-House-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Why are emergency domestic violence shelters a critical resource for domestic violence survivors? Dr. Amanda M. Stylianou explains.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/safehorizon.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Prelude-House-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/safehorizon.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Prelude-House-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/safehorizon.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Prelude-House-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>By Dr. Amanda Stylianou<\/em><br \/>\n<em>June 6, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Domestic violence takes an enormous toll on victims and their families. Experiences of isolation and financial dependence leave many victims seeking to separate from an abusive partner with few of the financial and social resources required to find a new place to live. For victims lacking safe housing options, domestic violence\u00a0emergency shelters offer a safe refuge.\u00a0In\u00a0a typical day, nearly 24,000 victims and their children are receiving emergency shelter services in the United States. (National Network to End Domestic Violence (2014)<\/p>\n<p>Emergency domestic violence shelters are considered essential in protecting victims from abuse and linking victims facing housing instability to longer term solutions. They offer unique benefits compared with traditional shelters for homeless individuals and families, including confidential locations and increased security protocols, as well as supportive services geared toward victims, such as safety planning, support groups, and advocacy.<\/p>\n<p>Research suggests that emergency domestic violence shelters are a critical resource for victims.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Victims report feeling safe in shelters and rate shelters as the most effective service for coping with abuse and ending the violence. (Few, 2005; Tutty et al., 1999)<\/li>\n<li>Domestic violence shelter use has been found to be significantly associated with the termination of an abusive relationship. (Panchanadeswaran &amp; McCloskey, 2007)<\/li>\n<li>Length of shelter stay has been associated with reductions in depression as well as increases in hopefulness, self-esteem, and psychological independence from an abusive partner. (Lyon, et al., 2008; Orava, McLeod, &amp; Sharpe, 1996)<\/li>\n<li>Shelter services increase victims\u2019 self-efficacy and coping skills and lead to a perceived increase in decision-making abilities. (Bennett et al., 2004)<\/li>\n<li>In their study of 3, 410 victim residing in domestic violence shelters, Lyon et al., (2008) reported that 93% of residents agreed that their shelter experience had positively influenced their belief that they could achieve their goals, 92% felt more hopeful about their future, 91% knew more about their options, and 85% knew more about community resources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At Safe Horizon we are the city\u2019s largest provider of domestic violence emergency shelter programs. In 2015 we provided shelter services to 914 victims and their 1, 285 children throughout the city\u2019s five boroughs. <a href=\"\/domestic-violence-shelters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more about our domestic violence shelters<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Amanda M. Stylianou, our senior director of research and program development, discusses how emergency domestic violence shelters are a critical resource for survivors of violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":{"id":2190,"alt_text":"Prelude House Domestic Violence Shelters","caption":"","description":"Prelude House Domestic Violence Shelter","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":5616,"height":3744,"file":"2016\/06\/Prelude-House-1.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"Prelude-House-1-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","ewww_image_optimizer":"<em>jpegtran<\/em> is missing","source_url":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Prelude-House-1-150x150.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"Prelude-House-1-300x200.jpg","width":300,"height":200,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","ewww_image_optimizer":"<em>jpegtran<\/em> is missing","source_url":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Prelude-House-1-300x200.jpg"},"medium_large":{"file":"Prelude-House-1-768x512.jpg","width":768,"height":512,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","ewww_image_optimizer":"<em>jpegtran<\/em> is missing","source_url":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Prelude-House-1-768x512.jpg"},"large":{"file":"Prelude-House-1-1024x683.jpg","width":1024,"height":683,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","ewww_image_optimizer":"<em>jpegtran<\/em> is missing","source_url":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Prelude-House-1-1024x683.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1415198447","copyright":"","focal_length":"17","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.3","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]},"ewww_image_optimizer":"<em>jpegtran<\/em> is missing"},"post":836,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Prelude-House-1.jpg"},"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2015],"tags":[92,229],"class_list":["post-2360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-safe-blog","tag-domestic-violence","tag-domestic-violence-shelters","issue-domestic-violence","issue-policy-research"],"acf":{"page_header_title":"","page_header_excerpt":"","page_header_image":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/silhouette_hero_image.png","related_initiative_title":"You can end domestic violence","related_initiative_link":"https:\/\/putthenailinit.com\/take-the-vow\/","related_initiative_link_text":"Take the #PutTheNailinIt pledge","featured_posts":[{"ID":3348,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2016-12-13 17:45:28","post_date_gmt":"2016-12-13 17:45:28","post_content":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/temporary-assistance-needy-families-tanf\/\">Read how Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) supports domestic violence shelters where survivors like Olympia find safety.<\/a>\r\n\r\n*Olympia endured physical and verbal assaults from her partner. Her children, especially her eldest son who was now old enough to understand what was happening, witnessed the abuse. It had gone on for years and she was terrified. Olympia called our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/hotlines\/\">Domestic Violence Hotline<\/a>\u00a0and told one of our Advocates that she could not go on living like this.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Hotlines-Staff-Photo.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3349\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Hotlines-Staff-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"domestic violence hotlines safe horizon\" width=\"700\" height=\"352\" \/><\/a><em>A Hotline Advocate responds to a call on our domestic violence hotline, available 24\/7.<\/em><\/p>\r\nShe wanted to find a safe place in one of our shelters. Her call was one of the 98, 104 calls answered by our Hotlines in 2016. The\u00a0Advocate was able to find an opening for her and her family to heal at Lotus House; one of our eight Domestic Violence Shelters. For Olympia, escaping to shelter was not only important to her future, but her children\u2019s.\r\n<h1>Finding Critical Relief at Lotus House<\/h1>\r\n\u201c<em>After living through domestic violence, coming to shelter felt like entering open arms,<\/em>\u201d Olympia says. Olympia was assigned a case manager to support her through the healing process. She told the case manager that although she was relieved to find safety for her and her family, she had difficulty opening up about the abuse because \u201c<em>talking about<\/em> <em>it didn\u2019t make the abuse go away.<\/em>\u201d\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Lotus-House-Domestic-Violence-Shelter-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3370\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Lotus-House-Domestic-Violence-Shelter-1.jpg\" alt=\"lotus-house-domestic-violence-shelter\" width=\"640\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a><em>One of the common areas at Lotus House decorated for a holiday party.<\/em><\/p>\r\nThe supportive environment at Lotus House encouraged Olympia to feel safe and eventually she was able to start talking about her situation. She felt this was an instrumental element to her healing. As she puts it, \u201c<em>I am most appreciative of the warm, welcoming staff that has always been willing to help me and my children get back on our feet.<\/em>\u201d\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Lotus-House-Domestic-Violence-Shelter-Playroom-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3371\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Lotus-House-Domestic-Violence-Shelter-Playroom-2.jpg\" alt=\"lotus-house-domestic-violence-shelter-playroom\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><em>This warm and inviting room at Lotus House is full of toys for children to play with.<\/em><\/p>\r\nOnce Olympia and her sons started to work with a therapist and began to heal emotionally, becoming financially stable was her next step on the path to move forward. Our on-site vocational specialist provided guidance for her to decide what the next steps in her career should be. She was able to find a job working with developmentally delayed persons, a new career move for her in an area that had always interested her.\r\n\r\nToday, Olympia and her children are looking forward to moving into permanent housing. She is earning an income on her own and has come a long way in a short time. \u201c<em>Thanks to Safe<\/em> <em>Horizon<\/em>, <em>my children and I were able to save the little bit of pride that we have left. The shelter respectfully took care of us, which helped me to take care of them.<\/em>\u201d Olympia is one of 715 clients, and her children are among the 1, 060 children, who were able to find safety at one of our eight domestic violence shelters in 2016.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/donate-now\/\">Help shelter residents like Olympia move from crisis to confidence by supporting our work. You can change a life today.<\/a>","post_title":"After Living Through Domestic Violence, Coming to Shelter Felt like Entering Open Arms","post_excerpt":"For Olympia, escaping domestic violence to one of our shelters was not only important to her future, but her children\u2019s.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"living-domestic-violence-coming-shelter-felt-like-entering-open-arms","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2017-12-13 21:17:08","post_modified_gmt":"2017-12-13 21:17:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/?p=3348","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":836,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2016-06-10 18:27:32","post_date_gmt":"2016-06-10 18:27:32","post_content":"<!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\"} -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-safe-shelter-when-survivors-need-it-most\">Safe shelter when survivors need it most.<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our Domestic Violence Shelters provide temporary safe housing to survivors and their families in a supportive, welcoming environment. 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