The Women's Shelter and Support Center serves Rochester MN domestic violence survivors through emergency shelter, advocacy, support, and transitional housing Women's Shelter Inc. provides outreach, advocacy, and housing to individuals and families impacted by domestic violence. Women's Shelter, organized in 1976, began as a grassroots organization to offer safety and advocacy services to victims of domestic abuse and to their children. Women's Shelter's goal is to reduce domestic violence by offering alternative housing, reducing barriers to violence free living, educating the public about difficulties facing victims, and preventing future violence by working with the children.