BACK TO BASICS
Because convenience is hardly ever figured into a battered woman’s escape plan, she often arrives at a shelter with simply the clothes on her back. At Harbor House Domestic Violence Center, we are not just committed to safeguarding the women and children who have been violated; our staff of compassionate, trained professionals tend to residents’ basic needs, without judgment or criticism:
- Assistance with food and clothing
- Life skills class: Nutrition
- Food preparation
- Meal planning
- Food storage
- How to shop
- Couponing
- How to stretch a dollar
- Life skills class: Financial planning
- Personal finance, including how to open an account,
write a check and balance a checkbook - Money management
- Budgeting
- Educational (GED) and job-training opportunities
- Parenting classes (referrals)