Sarah Wilson

I would say the common thread is either experiencing homelessness, being unhoused.

Or some other type of housing instability.

So sometimes it is a woman who's been physically living on the street.

Sometimes a woman's been in a car.

Or more often than not, what we see is somebody who's been couch surfing from place to place.

Maybe they wouldn't even...

have said they were experiencing homelessness until they're pregnant and realize like, oh, I need some stability.

And also people and women who are walking away from unhealthy, unsafe relationships.

So those are some of the biggest things we see.

Such a good question.

First and foremost, I think, is that their entire world revolves around this person.

So often a relationship that is, you know, does have this abusive element to it, it may not start that way.

You know, it starts...

maybe by feeling like you're that person's whole world.

And it could be what some people think of like falling hard for somebody, right?

Like you're their entire world.

But then over time,

starting to isolate more from the relationships that you have in your life and starting more and more to maybe things that felt protective in the beginning, like, oh, this person is providing things for me, or this person calls and checks in on me a lot.

That feels so wonderful to

But over time, you can see that those are actually controlling or manipulative behaviors.