Calls For Help ‘Are Through The Roof.’ DFW Women’s Shelters Struggle During Pandemic

Workers who answer shelter hotlines are fielding more calls, and the reduced number of staff and volunteers working within the shelters has left those that remain stretched thin.

By Hady MawajdehMarch 23, 2020 10:00 amCoronavirus, Health & Science, KERA, Partner Organizations, Texas Newsroom

Jordyn Lawson / Genesis Women's Shelter

Educator Sawyer Joseph and children's activity coordinator Kaylin Jewell have adopted new roles at Genesis Women's Shelter during the pandemic. They serve meals to 125 women and children.

From KERA:

At a battered women’s shelter in North Texas, calls and requests for help are through the roof. Other shelters report they are out of space. Most are out of cleaning supplies. And all of them need food and money, right now. Many shelter workers are worried about the connection between the pandemic and a rise in domestic violence.

Learn more about how to donate to SafeHaven here and Genesis Women’s Shelter here. Find more information about the rise in domestic violence at National Domestic Violence Hotline.

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