Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

MissLizzCeeVee t1_j2i1q3f wrote

Reply to comment by MissLizzCeeVee in Homeless with a 3 year old by ItalianMama95

You should also visit HAWC (DV support)- It sounds like you are homeless due to having left an abusive and unsafe situation which gives you priority status.

18

ItalianMama95 OP t1_j2i22jv wrote

You would think that but I don’t seem to get much help from the government at all

−18

buried_lede t1_j2jd8nx wrote

You know, I don't get that. Where you lived in Massachusetts there were no shelter beds for DV when you left your husband? It can happen but geez, does that happen very often? I don't hear of DV shelters turning victims away very often

6

ItalianMama95 OP t1_j2juicl wrote

I tried every shelter in MA, CT and RI as advised. All were full and kept telling me to call back. I tried for months. I’m not a us citizen so I don’t have all the same benefits and rights to help as americans

2

buried_lede t1_j2k3iwf wrote

Connecticut DV shelters don’t look at immigration status

I don’t know what is going on there. I know it can get tight but didn’t know they were turning people away

3

ItalianMama95 OP t1_j2kcbp4 wrote

They’re not turning me away because of my immigration status. I’m saying I don’t get things like cash assistance from the government or other benefits like that that can help because of my immigration status. The shelters in MA, RI and CT at the time when I was fleeing my sons father were all full.

1