Shelter personnel perspectives on Intimate Partner Violence shelter resident needs: Notes From the field

Intimate partner violence (IPV) remains at epidemic proportions in the United States indicating a continuing major public health issue and the need for domestic violence shelters. A national on-line survey was utilized to examine the pre-COVID issues faced by shelter residents through the perspective of shelter personnel. This brief report indicates that transportation, housing, health, and education remain consistent problems in addition to the current opioid epidemic among the shelters surveyed nationally. Shelter personnel are an important voice for women in shelter residency and their ideas and suggestions to address these issues are presented.