Domestic violence shelters seeing unusually-low call volumes
Written by Taylor Brock
Friday, Feb 19 2021, 5:00 AM
Genesis House is the province's domestic abuse shelter in Winkler, the town where Deena Brock's home base is. (Genesis House/Facebook)
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Manitoba's crisis line phones may not be ringing off the hook, but alarm bells are.
Despite being ready to serve, Deena Brock, Manitoba Association of Women's Shelters Inc.'s (MAWS) provincial co-ordinator says beds at emergency family shelters remain empty and their call volumes are lower than in previous years.
"It got very quiet for a while, and it was very concerning to us for a number of reasons," Brock says.