21 Oct

She ran from an abusive relationship. Now she’s homeless

"Elizabeth took her daughter one Saturday and left her abusive partner of the last 13 years. She finally decided, she said, that it was wrong to have to get permission from him to visit her parents, or to go to the store or the bank. But that was at the end of June, and being on disability with a fixed income of $560 a month, she's now homeless." SUZANNE KREITER/GLOBE STAFF
The Boston Globe

“There’s women out there that are making the strong, bold, and courageous move to leave their abuser. But then they do, and often are left homeless,” said [Cortney] Nicolato, United Way of Rhode Island‘s president and CEO. “We need to be better as a state.”

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