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Gateway Center's shelter cases nearly doubled in 2017
Domestic violence agency reports crisis calls up 45 percent over 2016
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Nearly twice as many women and children stayed in the Gateway Domestic Violence Center’s emergency shelter in 2017 compared to the year before, according to a report released by the nonprofit. In 2016, the domestic violence center helped a combined 127 women and children with emergency shelter. In 2017, that number jumped to 225.