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This handbook looks at the various options for transition houses to help find a safe place for an abused woman’s pets. It contains information on building a shelter at the transition house, housing pets in the transition house, fostering animals, and working with other community organizations such as vets and the SPCA.
Funding by the Vancouver Foundation, the Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada, the Coast Cat Clinic Ltd, and the Urban Animal Hospital.
This discussion paper is part of a larger project to develop promising practices for supporting women fleeing violence who also have varying levels of mental wellness and substance use in transition houses in BC.
It covers current policies, procedures and practices in BC and the Yukon, barriers to accessing support, barriers to providing support, barriers to collaboration, and promising approaches.
By Rebecca Haskell, 2010. Funding from Status of Women Canada.
This toolkit provides Transitional Housing programs, and other service providers that support women, with tools to effectively provide services to women fleeing violence who have varying levels of mental wellness and/or substance use. In developing this Promising Practices toolkit we have drawn on the current policies, procedures and practices of BCSTH Members and non-BCSTH Members in BC; reviewed practices in Canada and internationally; and consulted with low barrier service providers and with women about what changes we might advocate for, and make.
Copyright © BC Society of Transition Houses 2011 Permission is granted to download and print copies of this toolkit for educational purposes. Any other use of this material requires the prior written permission of the BC Society of Transition Houses. ISBN 978-0-9689694-6-5 By Funded by Status of Women Canada.
This report is the summary of a review conducted for the Canadian Women’s Foundation to enhance the grant making, analyze emerging trends, and understand the current philanthropic environment of services for women who have experienced violence and who have mental health and substance use concerns.
The review involved consultations with women with lived experience, service providers and representatives from various ministries across Canada. In addition, we reviewed literature in Canada and Internationally for current knowledge around and promising practices for supporting women impacted by these intersecting issues. Finally, we have drawn on research findings from BC Society of Transition Houses’ Reducing Barriers project and our partners, the Woman Abuse Response program at BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre’s Building Bridges project.
Prepared for the Canadian Women’s Foundation. February 2011.
BC Society of Transition Houses Annual Report 2013/2014
