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Question about classification of domestic violence shelters #29

Closed Noah-T closed 9 years ago

Noah-T commented 9 years ago

We're working on mapping some of Boston Children's Hospital's service categories into the Open Eligibility taxonomy. One category we have is for domestic violence shelters. I feel pretty comfortable associating it with these categories:

101-06-01,Help Escape Violence,101-06,Immediate Safety and 101-06,Immediate Safety,101,Emergency

I'm less sure about this one: 101-06-02,Safe Housing,101-06,Immediate Safety

Does anyone have thoughts on what the safe housing category is intended for and whether or not it would be appropriate for domestic violence shelters? Any thoughts/comments are greatly appreciated. Thanks!

ckoppelman commented 9 years ago

According to the glossary:

Safe Housing — Safe and secure residential facility in an undisclosed location where victims of abuse can remain safe from the abuser.

I think DV and similar shelters are exactly that.

Noah-T commented 9 years ago

Great. Thank you for your answer!

It may be helpful to link directly to the glossary or even include it in the repo for future users.