Shelters in Minnesota

Shelters in Minnesota Development of the System of Shelters for Battered Women in Minnesota Mar 26, 2018 in Law State Funding of Shelters for Battered Women in Minnesota Shelters for battered women in Minnesota include facilities where women and children can be housed. These include hotels, rooms, safe homes, and motels. Shelters are available day and night. They provide security, meals, and accommodation for women and children. In these shelters, staff and volunteers ensure that women, most of whom were abused, get necessary help to escape from the pressures of life. Shelter services include counselling and emotional support. The government supports these shelters since most of them are independent not-for-profit organizations. According to Schmalleger (2001), women in Minnesota started advocating for the establishment of shelters for battered women in 1970s. Shelters, financed by the state, gives refuge to women who have been battered and abused by their male relatives, spouses, or other males with whom they have been involved. Children of battered women are also taken in by the shelter. They are provided with the same services that their mothers are entitled to. States officially began to provide financing for these shelters in 1977, in this way increasing their number significantly.