What is a shelter?
A shelter is a safe place for people who experience family violence. There are five shelters available to women and children in the NWT.When you stay at a shelter, you get emergency housing, food, information and support for up to 6 weeks, or longer. You don’t pay to stay at a shelter. The GNWT funds our shelters through local Health and Social Services Authorities and community groups operate them.
A shelter is a safe place for people who experience family violence. There are five shelters available to women and children in the NWT. When you stay at a shelter, you get emergency housing, food, information and support for up to 6 weeks, or longer. You don’t pay to stay at a shelter. The GNWT funds our shelters through local Health and Social Services Authorities and community groups operate them.
A shelter is a place people can go in an emergency to find food, get out of the weather, and have a place to sleep. Most emergency shelters are located in familiar buildings, like schools, and are run by the American Red Cross. Trained volunteers make up the staff of a shelter. These volunteers will work with you in a variety of ways: • Registration, both to keep track of how many people are in the shelter, and also in case someone calls the shelter looking for you! • Assigning you and your family a living space in the shelter, with cots and blankets. • Serving meals, usually cafeteria-style. • Letting you know what the shelter rules are. In addition, the following services may also be available in the shelter: • Medical care • Counseling • Volunteer opportunities. Often, the shelter’s staff will have jobs that need to be done. They might ask you if you’d be willing to help out. • Financial assistance.
