They have partnerships, relationships, and contracts with agencies all across town in various capacities: shelters, yes, but also locksmiths, grocery stores, victim services, hotels, attorneys. If an officer calls the response line, the advocate can arrange for shelter for a couple of nights, or get a bag full of diapers and formula out to a victim who’s fled her house, or get her connected to a forensic nurse at a local hospital who is trained to find domestic violence injuries, or get her a grocery store gift card if an abuser controls all of their money, or pay for a taxi to get to safety.
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