I think the trick here is you’re using “men’s shelter” to mean “homeless shelter that accepts men” (which Men’s Shelter Hamilton is) while they are talking about shelters for abused men - there’s a significant difference in what sort of services the two groups need. Same reason why no one argues that homeless shelters that accept women remove the need for domestic violence services for women, they aren’t the same thing and don’t need the same services. You can count the number of shelters for male victims of DV in North America on one hand with fingers left over, or at least you could last time I checked which was ~2020 (at the time it was two in the US and one in Canada, the CCMF shelter had just opened).
Your CCMF link isn’t to find the nearest shelter to you (which would be helpful if there were several options), but to talk about and start the intake process for the CCMF shelter. That the page title is “Family Shelter Registration Form” and they talk about “the” shelter should be your first hints. Here’s the poster for the facility: https://menandfamilies.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Poster-FamilyShelterCCMF.pdf
I believe there is only one in the whole country
Kind of an unfortunate username for that comment 😐
No, this is not true. Why are you writing this? That’s the opposite of helping people.
I think the trick here is you’re using “men’s shelter” to mean “homeless shelter that accepts men” (which Men’s Shelter Hamilton is) while they are talking about shelters for abused men - there’s a significant difference in what sort of services the two groups need. Same reason why no one argues that homeless shelters that accept women remove the need for domestic violence services for women, they aren’t the same thing and don’t need the same services. You can count the number of shelters for male victims of DV in North America on one hand with fingers left over, or at least you could last time I checked which was ~2020 (at the time it was two in the US and one in Canada, the CCMF shelter had just opened).
Your CCMF link isn’t to find the nearest shelter to you (which would be helpful if there were several options), but to talk about and start the intake process for the CCMF shelter. That the page title is “Family Shelter Registration Form” and they talk about “the” shelter should be your first hints. Here’s the poster for the facility: https://menandfamilies.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Poster-FamilyShelterCCMF.pdf
You are correct, that is what I meant!