Good Shepherd Shelter

Los Angeles,  CA

The Good Shepherd Shelter is a long-term treatment and education-oriented agency, run by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, for battered women and their children. The shelter provides safety, empowerment, compassion, and education for women and children who are victims of domestic violence.

The mothers who live at Good Shepherd Shelter have often been caught up in a cycle of domestic violence, and at the shelter they work with therapists, teachers, and sisters to realize their own gifts, worth, and power.

The children at Good Shepherd Shelter are usually one to two grade levels below their appropriate grade level, often because they have been trying to function in a chaotic home environment and may be victims of physical and/or sexual abuse themselves. Often the family has been uprooted several times in an effort to hide from the abuser, and the children may have been in several schools in the past. In some cases, the children experience a language difficulty or a learning disability. Many of our children are Spanish speaking, although most are bilingual.


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