Hi Lynnie, the safe house program ran about 7 years, it was a voluteer program, although each 'safe house operator' got a per diem initially of about 8 dollars per adult, 4 for each child to cover costs. The women, could stay up to 5 days. In that time we (if there was another voluteer available) would be taking them to lawyers, maybe the doctor's, looking for alternative housing if they did not want to go back home, taking their kids to school if necessary, getting the kids feeling safe. It was so often only at night when tears and details would come out. Because our house has 5 bedrooms,generally those with kids stayed here. The time period was too short for what needing to be done. Finally after this number of years, there was enough information around town to prove violence in one form or another does happen and is not "deserved'. Other people then got together and funds were raised for a full time, fully staffed, transition house. Since then we've had one man and his son brought here by the police because of the wife's behavior. He spoke of other men now needing a place to be safe from their wives, but i've since removed my name from the police station in case a place is needed so, dont know if anything in that area has formed.