Cent Capacity: Women and Sarah Rosenhek

cent capacity: It's obviously very challenging, according to CBC. The report from the Iris Institute released Thursday says that the majority of shelters operate at about 94 per cent capacity. We were almost always full and we had to turn away over 120 women last year because we didn't have the beds to be able to help them, said Sarah Rosenhek, the executive director for Auberge Shalom, a shelter in Montreal. Based on the latest figures from 2014, there are 135 shelters across the province, with a total of 1,926 available spots for women with nowhere else to go. We do have to turn women away. - Nakuset, Executive Director of Native Women's Shelter It's not an understatement to say that we're in a crisis in terms of the funding situation for women's shelters in Quebec, said Rosenhek. Without it, we're nothing' Open Door homeless centre on verge of closing doors But many shelters are struggling to meet the diverse needs of some of Quebec's most vulnerable women due to a chronic lack of funding. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.