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Domestic Violence Shelter

Programs that provide temporary emergency shelter for women who have experienced domestic violence, and for their children. Such facilities usually provide in-house individual, group and family counseling and the full range of secondary services related to domestic violence including referral to appropriate resources. Also included are similar facilities for battered men and those that can accommodate both men and women.

Taxonomy Code: BH-180.150-10

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