I had the absolute most degrading experience in this place. I came from another state fleeing domestic violence and I had anxiety really bad. At some points, I could barely speak because I had been frieghten out of my wits. The staff was very cruel to me and seemed to have no experience with a woman who had been abused so badly that she became mentally removed. I was accused of impersonating someone else and was accused of using the shelter as a way of fleeing from the law. I was discriminated against becasue of my educational and employment background. For some reason, staff could not understand why an educated person with work experience could not find a better place to go other than a shelter; their conclusion, she is fabricating her story and she is not who she pretends to be. \r
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Within a few weeks of my stay, I was kicked out on the streets. I was devastated with their treatment towards me and I find it hard for them to treat anyone in the manner that I was treated. The staff there are unprofessional and the organization should be evaluated closley by its contributors; there is a lot of foul play going on. Further, the executive director was informed of everything I went through and she was non responsive and did not attempt to unhold any of the policies that governs the YWCA. What a shame this organization is designed to support women, but only those who fit in a very narrow box can access help from them. FUNDERS PLEASE BEAWARE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS BEEN TREATED THIS WAY.
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