Mind the Gap- Providing Shelter for Minor Dating Abuse Survivors

It is time to address this gap in services for teens needing emergency shelter to escape dating abuse. Homelessness, youth, and domestic violence advocates should collaborate to: 1) determine and clarify what level of domestic violence shelter service can be provided right away to teens in local areas, 2) improve the domestic violence services available to teens in runaway and homeless youth shelters, and 3) advocate for systemic reform to enable consistent access to safe shelter with needed services for homeless youth and teens fleeing dating abuse. *Former product of Break the Cycle now a resource of NCJFCJ*

organization_for_library: National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges