The new and roomier Domestic Violence Shelter for Nevada County has now been open for two months. After lease negotiations fell through for one site, Director Gayle Guest-Brown, with the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalition, says they not only found a larger house but a “dream home”…
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Brown says the shelter can now accomodate twice as many victims and have been able to offer a bed to all comers, after seeing a 79-percent increase in people they were unable to shelter at the old location. But she says sometimes even the new facility has been close to full…
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In July, the Board of Supervisors approved 15-thousand dollars to cover moving and set-up costs.
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