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Natasha sets her alarm each morning for 6:30 a.m. When it goes off, she gets out of bed and begins dressing her four-year-old son while he\u2019s still asleep. She prods and badgers her six-year-old to start getting ready, and he grudgingly starts to stir. Once everyone\u2019s dressed, she begins the trek by bus to get the boys to two different schools across town.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re a parent, you know that getting young children up and off to school each morning is no small feat. But just imagine how much harder it would be if you didn\u2019t have a stable place to call home.<\/p>\n
Natasha and her kids live in one of Safe Horizon\u2019s domestic violence shelters, and getting to school every day can be quite an ordeal. But Natasha isn\u2019t complaining. Her life isn\u2019t easy right now, but it wasn\u2019t long ago that things were a whole lot worse.<\/p>\n
Natasha lost her job, then the family lost their housing. It was then that her husband turned physically violent; assaulting Natasha and continuously threatening her. Terrified, Natasha took her sons and fled. Thankfully, she was able to find refuge at one of our confidentially-located domestic violence shelters.<\/a><\/p>\n Our domestic violence shelters provide supportive environments for individuals and families leaving dangerous situations \u2013 and they give survivors of abuse and their children the space to heal.<\/p>\n For Natasha and her sons, being welcomed at one of our domestic violence shelters was the first step in regaining a sense of safety. Natasha\u2019s sons have their own room and they can play at the childcare facility and recreation space. Our domestic violence shelter staff do all they can to support residents like Natasha and her sons as they rebuild their lives by providing services include counseling, advocacy, court protection, and a range of other services.<\/p>\n The domestic violence shelter serves as a home for Natasha as she juggles her busy day. This can include getting her boys to and from school, going to check-ins with the Human Resources Administration, and meeting with potential landlords so she can find a stable home.<\/p>\n It takes a lot of courage and resilience to heal from the wounds of domestic violence \u2013 and no one can do it alone. In 2016, 715 survivors of domestic violence like Natasha and 1,060 children like her sons found safety at our domestic violence shelters. None of this would be possible without the wonderful, charitable donations from caring individuals. It’s because of the giving nature of others that Natasha and her children are able to have a space they can feel protected in today so that they can thrive tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For Natasha and her sons, living in one of our NYC domestic violence shelters helped them regain a sense of safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":{"id":4863,"alt_text":"Parenting at a Domestic Violence Shelter Natasha\u2019s Story","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":3504,"height":2336,"file":"2017\/10\/Parenting-at-a-Domestic-Violence-Shelter-Natasha\u2019s-Story.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"Parenting-at-a-Domestic-Violence-Shelter-Natasha\u2019s-Story-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Parenting-at-a-Domestic-Violence-Shelter-Natasha\u2019s-Story-150x150.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"Parenting-at-a-Domestic-Violence-Shelter-Natasha\u2019s-Story-300x200.jpg","width":300,"height":200,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Parenting-at-a-Domestic-Violence-Shelter-Natasha\u2019s-Story-300x200.jpg"},"medium_large":{"file":"Parenting-at-a-Domestic-Violence-Shelter-Natasha\u2019s-Story-768x512.jpg","width":768,"height":512,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Parenting-at-a-Domestic-Violence-Shelter-Natasha\u2019s-Story-768x512.jpg"},"large":{"file":"Parenting-at-a-Domestic-Violence-Shelter-Natasha\u2019s-Story-1024x683.jpg","width":1024,"height":683,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Parenting-at-a-Domestic-Violence-Shelter-Natasha\u2019s-Story-1024x683.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"10","credit":"Getty Images","camera":"Canon EOS-1D Mark II N","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1180751595","copyright":"quavondo","focal_length":"35","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.0125","title":"African American Mom and Son Outdoors at Park, Copy Space","orientation":"1","keywords":["African Descent","African Ethnicity","Bonding","Child","Copy Space","Embracing","Family","Fun","Grass","Green","Hands Clasped","Horizontal","Human Teeth","Lifestyles","Little Boys","Mother","Offspring","One Parent","Outdoors","Parent","Park","Playful","Short Sleeved","Smiling","Son","Spring","Summer","Sunlight","Togetherness","Tree","Two People"]}},"post":4862,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Parenting-at-a-Domestic-Violence-Shelter-Natasha\u2019s-Story.jpg"},"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[167,633,92,229],"class_list":["post-4862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-putthenailinit","tag-children-and-domestic-violence","tag-domestic-violence","tag-domestic-violence-shelters","issue-domestic-violence"],"acf":{"page_header_title":"","page_header_image":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/silhouette_hero_image.png","original_url":"","related_initiative_title":"You can help end domestic violence","related_initiative_link":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/domestic-violence-advocacy","related_initiative_link_text":"Be an Advocate for Survivors","featured_posts":[{"ID":836,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2016-06-10 18:27:32","post_date_gmt":"2016-06-10 18:27:32","post_content":"\n Our Domestic Violence Shelters provide temporary safe housing to survivors and their families in a supportive, welcoming environment. 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Bringing Hope to Domestic Violence Victims<\/h2>\n
Safe shelter when survivors need it most.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Planned Giving<\/h1>\r\nThrough gift planning, you can translate your passion for the work of Safe Horizon into a legacy to help future generations. You may also receive significant tax benefits. For more information on how to take advantage of gift planning, including making a bequest, retirement and IRA gifts, Charitable Lead Trusts, \u00a0Charitable Remainder Trusts and more, please email us at fundraising@safehorizon.org<\/a>.\r\n
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Your Gifts are Secure<\/h1>\r\nSafe Horizon values your privacy and your security. All credit card transactions initiated by forms on this site are transmitted via Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). The SSL protocol is the industry standard method for creating an encrypted, secure connection between your web browser and a web server. Safe Horizon has partnered with Kimbia, Inc. to assist in the processing of online transactions. Your online payment information is always kept completely confidential. Click here<\/a> to read our full Privacy Policy. Donations made to Safe Horizon are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.\r\n\r\nSafe Horizon is a 501(c) (3) organization Federal Tax ID: 13-2946970","post_title":"Donate","post_excerpt":"Safe Horizon impacts the lives of hundreds of thousands of people affected by violence and abuse each year. Donate to help end violence and abuse.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"donate","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-01-31 17:35:01","post_modified_gmt":"2019-01-31 17:35:01","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/safehorizon.harbordev.co\/?page_id=434","menu_order":0,"post_type":"page","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"title_font_size":"42","page_header_excerpt":"","sub-headline_placement":false,"custom_scripts":false,"show_author_bio":false},"yoast_head":"\n