Amid increased demand, Ohio's domestic-violence shelters hoping for help from state budget
Amid increased demand, Ohio's domestic-violence shelters hoping for help from state budget Ken Gordon, The Columbus Dispatch © Courtney Hergesheimer/Columbus Dispatch CHOICES assistant Vice President, Sue Villilo, shows the new expansion, March 30, 2021. CHOICES is already expanding its shelter (which opened in 2019) by 24 beds (from 120 to 144) and last year, it had to turn away more than 100 people because it was full. On it was written “122” — the shelter’s occupancy on a recent weekday, as well as the first names of 10 more people expected to arrive that day. ...