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Safe Haven of Greater Waterberry director outlines services and holiday "Adopt a Family" program
Summary
Britney Patrusi, director of programs and advocacy for Safe Haven of Greater Waterberry, describes the nonprofit's counseling, child-advocate and courthouse-advocate services, a 15-bed shelter (noted as housing up to 18 people), a thrift store that funds programs, and a donor-driven Adopt a Family holiday program.
Britney Patrusi, director of programs and advocacy for Safe Haven of Greater Waterberry, said the organization provides counseling and advocacy for victims of domestic and sexual violence and operates a shelter and thrift store that fund its services.
Patrusi told host Nancy Barrow of the CT Paid Leave Authority podcast that Safe Haven is "one of the 18 member centers of the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence," and that the group's mission is to help people "achieve a life of stability" and regain resilience after trauma.
Patrusi outlined the nonprofit's core services: community walk-in counseling for survivors of domestic and…
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