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Our confidential shelter is staffed 24-hours a day, and provides for all basic needs, including food, clothing, personal care items, bus tickets and emergency needs. In addition, as with all New Beginnings programs, shelter residents receive agency core services.

In 2005, our shelter staff was able to provide safe shelter to more than 990 women and  their children, as well as more than 2,500 hours of support group services.

Shelter services include:

	Emergency food, clothing and shelter
	Individual advocacy
	Weekly in-house support groups on a variety of subjects
	Groups for youth aged 7 and up
	Medical screenings
	Outside referrals for counseling, housing, day care, and local community resources
	Legal advocacy
	Assistance with school enrollment

Shepherd’s Rest Ministries, Inc. 2004 Stats

In 2004, Shepherd’s Rest:

¨         Provided emergency shelter to 125 women and children

¨         Presented 3 of our shelter families with used automobiles that were donated to our program to aid them toward self-sufficiency.

¨         Assisted 12 Paulding County families with financial assistance with rental and utility arrearages, amounting to over $4,000.

¨         Provided 5 shelter families and 7 families in need outside the shelter with Christmas gifts and food during the holiday season.

¨         Averaged receiving approximately 40 calls per month from victims wanting to obtain Temporary Protective Orders against their batterer.

¨         Accompanied 240 victims through the Paulding County Superior Court to obtain a Temporary Protective Order against their abuser

Since Shepherd’s Rest opened in 1997, we have:

¨         Provided emergency shelter, food, and clothing to over 990 women and children.

¨         Have helped encourage and enroll 24 women in Chattahoochee Technical College, 1 in Vogue Beauty School, and helped numerous other ladies obtain their driver’s license and/or GED since the shelter opened in 1997.

¨         Helped locate long-term housing for 81 of our families.

¨         Have helped 96 Paulding County families, including 238 children, with toys, food, and clothing during our Christmas outreach

¨         Have presented 34 families with used cars donated that were donated to Shepherd’s Rest.