{"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