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Cuts Ravage California Domestic Abuse Program

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Cuts Ravage California Domestic Abuse Program By JESSE McKINLEY Published: September 25, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO ? The Riley Center does not advertise its location, in a three-story Victorian in San Francisco?s core. The center?s address is confidential to protect its tenants: dozens of women and children fleeing abusive relationships. A room in a shelter for victims of domestic violence that was able to reopen recently because of a contribution from a donor. While those who live at the Riley Center are often desperate for help, so is the center itself and dozens like it across California. Because of cuts in state financing, several domestic violence shelters in California have closed in recent months, with layoffs or fewer full-time staff members at many others...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on September 26, 2009 (boomark / email).