{"id":4371,"date":"2019-08-14T06:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dixonsociety.ca\/?p=4371"},"modified":"2019-08-14T11:34:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T18:34:57","slug":"dixon-house-a-snapshot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dixonsociety.ca\/dixon-house-a-snapshot\/","title":{"rendered":"Dixon House: A snapshot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Families come to us in times of crisis. However, when they arrive, they are\nin a healing place. When women, new staff or volunteers, or other visitors\nvisit Dixon House for the first time, they are often surprised to find that it\nlooks and feels like a home. This is constant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That said, Dixon House is still a place of transition. Though the women and\nchildren share common experiences, and the staff remain steady and reliable, no\ntwo families are the same, and the energy and personality of a given set of\nresidents at Dixon House changes from month to month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What we see often, and especially recently, is exceptional drive and determination in the women who take refuge at Dixon House. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women have been highly motivated to find housing, secure or maintain\nemployment, or move forward in other ways. Underlying each woman’s different\ngoal is a determination to face the future on her own terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a little snapshot of the families who came and went at Dixon House these\npast few months, with examples of some of the different barriers they face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Regaining guardianship of children<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Women experiencing violence often must fight a system that is not designed\nwith them and their experience of violence in mind. If anything, the system\noften fails women. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, if a mother is not able to leave an abuser\u2014for multiple\nreasons, including the real possibility of violent retaliation (women are at\nmost risk when they leave the abuser)\u2014children might be removed from the home,\nand mothers can lose guardianship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Removing guardianship from women experiencing abuse, or threatening to\nremove guardianship, often fails to take into account the intricacies and\ncomplexities of domestic violence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the women we served, Ashley<\/strong>, faced this challenge\nwhen she arrived at Dixon House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, while staying with us, Ashley was able to regain guardianship of\nher children. Not only is this meaningful in its own right, regaining\nguardianship has empowered Ashley to be a more confident mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regaining independence after Dixon House<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For other families, moving forward meant securing Second Stage Housing and\nmaintaining access to the support they felt they needed to continue their\nhealing journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katherine <\/strong>came to Dixon House pregnant, and worked\ntirelessly to find independence, financially and legally. At Dixon, she found\nemotional support from staff while she advocated for herself with different\nagencies. Now, she and her baby have found a new temporary home at our Second\nStage Housing program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s not easy moving to a new place with a newborn,” she\nadmitted, “but every day I’m grateful and feel blessed to be here.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katherine is just as resilient and determined as the day she arrived at\nDixon House. She isn’t shy about asking support from staff at Wenda’s Place<\/a>. She\nalways reaches out to Child Support Worker<\/a>,\nNicole, when she needs help with her baby, and she is diligent in setting up\nappointments with Women’s Support Worker, Maria, to receive support with her\nfinances, legal documents, or translation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting over and making ends meet<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

But life can be complicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donors and community members often ask us about the structure of our housing\nprograms. How do women move from transition house to second to third stage to\nindependence? What does that look like?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But sometimes the story isn’t always so straightforward, and even as women\nheal, they must still set new goals and encounter new challenges, which they\nface with ever consistent resiliency and strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even working full-time, Diane<\/strong>\u2014a hardworking mother\u2014found\nthat living costs were hard to keep up with. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Dixon House, she could access food and basic supplies, like gas gift\ncards so that she could get to work. She successfully secured permanent\nsubsidized housing with help from our staff. Thanks to volunteers at our\nfriends from Shelter Movers<\/a>, she was\nable to move. Still, Diane found that she was coming up short on making ends\nmeet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through our donations program, Diane was able to acquire furniture, food,\nand household items such as microwaves, toaster ovens, plates and cutlery.\nHaving these seemingly simple items helps to offset the start up costs of\nmoving to a new home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It can be a little embarrassing for me to ask for help, but I knew\nthat I could turn to Dixon,” said Diane. “It isn’t easy to be on my\nown, but I’m so grateful for Dixon’s continuous support<\/a>.\nMy kids and I will be grateful for the rest of our lives. What a blessing for\nmy family, and many more families.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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