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Turned Away: A Crisis of Missouri's Domestic Violence Shelters

Turned Away: A Crisis of Missouri's Domestic Violence Shelters

Credit Jennifer Davidson / KSMU
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Joan Sisco, of Springfield, is one of thousands of women and children who sought shelter at one of Missouri's domestic violence shelters, but were told there was no room. Now, she is homeless.
Missouri's domestic violence shelters had to say, "Sorry, no room" more than 21,000 times last year to victims trying to flee their abusers, according to the Missouri Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence. That's because most of those shelters are already bursting at the seams. Where are these victims going instead, and what can we do as a community to bring these numbers down? 

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