Came here in need of help! They did not make me feel welcomed. They said they would help but put me in an unknown disclosed location that was an hour away and refused to tell me where they would place me and my daughter at! That was a red flag. I felt that I have a right to know where they were going to send me. Plus they asked so many invasive questioning. They do look down on you like you’re money to them so I left.. I do not recommend this place to any battered women..

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I was given a place to stay as well as food,but I was miserable the entire time! There is things that go on that should not. They say it is a refuge but it seemed more like he'll! And the head person ms. K , don't care to pennies about the people! We were more a burden then anything to her! They don't help u transition they put u out likes u r dogs or something!! I would never recommend this place to anyone, a lot of promises made but not kept!!!!

This facility is updated new kept clean. My experience here was not pleasant. All of the workers look down on you because you were put into that situation of needed “them” maybe because you had no family after being battered so they took advantage of that. They all wouldn’t help with housing. Now I can understand the whole “we want you to be independent thing however this town has no public transportation to do so. You need a car in this town to do anything. They would drop you off at the police station and expect you to find a job, housing, doc apts, on foot. That’s so unfair. They have 1 day out the week they take you to Walmart. Why is Walmart more important than taking a trip to section 8 building or a public housing complex. If we only have 30 days there Walmart shopping is the last thing on my mind. We were giving hygiene at the facility. My thing with the staff is the belittling, on your face yelling, the coming in your room every 10 mins asking you to clean something after chore was complete. Don’t have your clothes in the washer instead of telling you to get them they will leave them to mildew in the washer. On Thursday we had a mandatory meeting to talk about being abused so they can soak up our times of weakness and feel good about themselves. My thing is that meeting can wait till that evening after we come back from interviews or job hunting and house hunting. They expected us to tie our morning with a college talking to us and govt assistance came in as well. That’s pointless if we have 4 weeks and we’ve done that the 3rd day we could leave because you can’t leave till 72hrs. There all narcissist of you ask me. They thrive off our bad experiences but don’t care what we’ve gone through or is genuine. They won’t take you to the thrift store to get clothes unless you were picked up naked with a doctors gown. I had 2 outfits and they told me I had clothes. The thrift store is for the harbor house and is funded so it’s free for the ladies who love there but they don’t want anyone to shop and get interview clothes or anything. I’ve had my share around every single staff to read them and give at least one the benefit of the doubt and they all failed me. Nobody helped me it’s all about collecting a paycheck that’s it. I went back to my abuser and it was better than staying there. It’s nothing but emotional abuse I felt so free when I left. I recommend anyone who is in a abusive relationship to know what your going through is nothing compared to what you will experience here. Don’t go! After coming back to my abuser o eventually left and found my own home. Just stay with a friend or a park before staying here. I’m blessed to have gotten through this horrible experience. I’m just glad to be free you would of thought I was in prison and committed a crime but I just was looking for a safe place to escape to so my abuser wouldn’t harm me.