Ming has a tenacious heart in the face of adversity. When she came to the Women’s Resource Center, she was seeking help. After fleeing her physically and verbally abusive husband, Ming and her six children drove through the night after…
Sun, a survivor of domestic violence, has had a child support waiver for three or four years. While she was with her abuser, although he shot her and beat her, she received felony charges for her abuser’s actions. During…
After dealing with physical, emotional and verbal abuse for years from her partner, Tori drew the line when he began abusing their daughter. When her partner realized Tori would do anything to protect their daughter, the abuse escalated, becoming…
Dunia thought she had it all - a family she loved, a warm and cozy house, and a doting husband. And, for the first years of her relationship with her husband, this was true. Then, something changed after they got married, and the…
Penelope reached out to the Women's Resource Center in an attempt to escape from her hostile husband in Connecticut. After years of enduring physical and emotional abuse, she was ready to leave the state to protect herself and her five…
Maura was in a long-term abusive relationship. As time went on, dependency on her partner increased as she relied on him for housing, food, money, and more. Soon, the control escalated, and Maura became a victim of domestic violence. One day,…
Harriet contacted the Women's Resource Center in need of financial help. She needed help organizing her finances and making smart choices for her family. The staff at the Women's Resource Center assisted her with getting started with the Allstate Financial Empowerment training. …
Renee called Family Violence Option Advocacy Program for assistance from a RI hospital. She was recently displaced from her home. Her husband had physically assaulted her while she was pregnant and the police were called. Because it was evident that…
Karla fled from out-of-state with her five children. She had no family or close friends in Rhode Island. She applied at the Department of Human Services for “everything” available and requested a Child Support Waiver and Work Waiver while locating…
Tiffany arrived early in the morning at the Department of Human Services (DHS), after driving for more than a day with her children in the car, because she was told it was her only option to get into a safe…