Abstract:
Despite an abundance of scholarly attention devoted to the study of intimate partner violence (IPV) over the last few decades, very “little is known about the structure, components, and content” of services delivered to IPV survivors, particularly via shelters, or the clients they serve…The current report provides results from a survey of shelter directors across Texas designed to examine the types of programming services available at a 24-hour family violence shelter. This research brief provides a summary of the results of the survey, including a description of family violence shelters in Texas and the clients they serve, as well as an examination of service delivery obstacles. (Author Text)