‘Enormous disconnect’: As rural women face more abuse, Ontario shelters fear cutbacks

Rural women’s shelters across the province say they’re juggling a precarious balance of staying afloat while saving women’s lives. These shelters teeter as financial challenges such as grant expiration dates and thinning budgets constantly threaten their services.

Their workers say they can hardly afford to expand services as demand rises. They also can’t afford to stop providing them, as data show that rates of intimate partner violence have only grown in recent years. Link to full story here.