Financial Assistance Allows Safe Place to Help More Women
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Updated: August 5, 2010
Safe Place, a women and childrens shelter in Midland has a lot to be grateful for. Two local churches have volunteered to financially assist the shelter with their Job Readiness Program--it prepares women who've been victims of domestic abuse to get back into the workforce and rebuild their lives.
Tracy Black is a victim's advocate at Safe Place and runs the program.
"We had the problem of them not being able to pay for it financially to get the documents, now we have the people helping us," said Black.
The churches are paying for women to get their social security cards, birth certificates, and driver's licenses. Black said the legal documents will help women become self-sufficient.
"It's a great help," she said.
The churches are also paying for women to get their GEDs.
Tracy Black is a victim's advocate at Safe Place and runs the program.
"We had the problem of them not being able to pay for it financially to get the documents, now we have the people helping us," said Black.
The churches are paying for women to get their social security cards, birth certificates, and driver's licenses. Black said the legal documents will help women become self-sufficient.
"It's a great help," she said.
The churches are also paying for women to get their GEDs.
