Surviving Under One Roof

A merger between two Arizona domestic-violence shelters has brought numerous benefits and challenges

For years, Brewster Center Domestic Violence Services and Tucson Centers for Women and Children ran shelters a few miles from each other in the southern Arizona city. Then last spring, the two domestic-abuse charities did something that more and more nonprofit groups are considering in this perilous economy — they merged into one organization.

The move was not without significant challenges, but the group's leaders say it has enabled them to provide services more

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