The remainder of the staffmembers of Women’s Crisis Support-Defensa de Mujeres have found themselves in an untenable situation.
The remainder of the staffmembers of Women’s Crisis Support-Defensa de Mujeres have found themselves in an untenable situation. Stripped of one-third of their budget, they have each taken a 20 percent pay cut and eliminated one-on-one counseling as well as most of their programs for children and youth. Soon the group will stop paying lawyers for women seeking restraining orders to protect them from abusive spouses. And now the group has been forced to close its offices on Friday in Santa Cruz and Watsonville.
Women’s Crisis Support-Defensa de Mujeres serves 1,500 women and children, at a cost of $477,000. The group is now seeking alternative funding and lawyers who will help them out on a pro bono basis. Read more here.
