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- Domestic violence shelters are essential for survivors, leading to positive family outcomes but involve stressful transitions.
- Survivors exiting these shelters still face numerous challenges and needs, highlighting the ongoing difficulties of temporary homelessness.
- The study emphasizes the importance of understanding these transitions through an empowerment-based feminist perspective and encourages further research on effective practices to support families leaving shelters.
Article Abstract
Domestic violence (DV) shelters play a critical role for survivors and lead to a range of positive outcomes for families. However, transitioning in and out of temporary homelessness involves a range of stressors and research indicates that survivors transitioning out of DV shelters continue to have a multitude of needs. The focus of this study is to utilize an empowerment-based feminist lens to understand the process of transitioning out of a DV emergency shelter among 27 shelter residents in urban emergency shelters. Participants described the successes, challenges, and lessons learned while transitioning from the emergency shelter setting. The findings indicate that survivors transitioning out of DV shelters face a multitude of risks, challenges, and stressors. Our findings invite researchers and practitioners to further examine best practices that support families transitioning from shelter.
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