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Casa Vida, a program and residence providing intensive, longer-term domestic violence services focusing on Latinas and other underserved cultural groups, hosted its ribbon-cutting ceremony today in the City of Cleveland.
The home hosted its ribbon-cutting ceremony today and the first residents are expected to move in during the first few weeks of August. It is a program of the Domestic Violence & Child Advocacy Center (DVCAC), formerly Domestic Violence Center and Bellflower Center for Prevention of Child Abuse.
“Casa Vida” means “House of Life” in Spanish. It will provide a confidential temporary home to women and families when cultural and linguistic barriers require more time than the emergency domestic violence shelter can provide. The house will offer culturally specific programming and a place to call home for up to five people. The first residents are expected to move in during the first few weeks of August.
“We have worked with Latina women, and women from other minority groups, who have needed a little more time to gain job and language skills, and become self-sufficient. This house will give us the opportunity to provide the support and time they need,” said Jay Gardner, Director of Development and Communication.
Casa Vida occupies a house in Cleveland that was given anonymously to the Domestic Violence & Child Advocacy Center. The gift was made just as the organization was recognizing a need in the community for a place like Casa Vida.
The exact location of Casa Vida is confidential as a safety measure, since many abusers continue to threaten or try to harm victims well after the victim has ended the relationship.
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