1. How can I get help?
2. What services does WID offer? 
3. How can I access WID services?
4. Are services provided only to Broward residents?
5. Are men eligible for participant services?
6. How do you determine if a person is appropriate for counseling at WID?
7. Do you help people with other abuse besides physical?
8. How many participants can be sheltered at once?
9. What is the length of time a participant can stay at the shelter?
10. Are children sheltered with their mothers?
11. If the shelter is full, how does WID help women?
12. Where are the children while their mothers are getting services?
13. What do you do for the participants on holidays?
14. How do you help participants with housing and employment?
15. Is there an age limit on the children to enter shelter?
16. Do you take elderly people?
17. Can women or men volunteer to come for counseling or do they need to be court ordered?
18. Is there a fee to stay at the shelter? For outreach counseling?
19. Can pets be brought into shelter?
20. How is WID funded?
21. How can people donate clothing or furniture to participants?
22. Will the Thrift Store pick up donations?
23. Do you send advocates to do outreach work for victims who are unable to come to WID on their own?
24. Are there any other WID shelters in Broward County or the State of Florida?

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FAQs About Domestic Violence