Eileen’s Place is a three-unit, second-stage affordable housing program that will help transition domestic violence survivors to independent living.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.The number of domestic violence cases continues to grow in Alberta and more support is needed. To help a new longer term, a transitional housing facility for survivors called Eileen's Place has opened in Morinville. Jaclyn Kucey has the details.
The space is called Eileen’s Place, a three-unit, second-stage affordable housing program that will help domestic violence survivors with education and career goals and transition them to independent living.Eileen’s Place adds on to Jessie’s House, an emergency shelter created in memory of Jessica Martel, a 26-year-old mother who was murdered by her spouse in front of her three children in 2009 after trying to leave.
“Last year we had 2,000 calls for admissions into Jessie’s House, which is astonishing. It’s not a number we like to share,” said Poelzer.“We were able to bring in about 198 adults and about 200 kids last year. So far this year, we’ve received 519 calls for support. That’s just from January. We were able to bring in 38 adults and 42 children.
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