My Nonprofit Reviews
Laurie
Review for Middle Way House, Inc., Bloomington, IN, USA
Middle Way House is a shining example of helping women fleeing domestic violence restart their lives. Through a continuum of services from rape crisis to educational and employment assistance, Middle Way works with women to find their own strengths and build the self-confidence necessary to forge a healthy and productive life for themselves and their children. The whole focus is on empowerment and independence. Middle Way serves over 2,000 women and children a year in a five-county area in south-central Indiana. The proof of the success of their empowerment model is their recidivism rate: for women who stay with Middle Way's programs for three weeks or more, only 2-18% returned to their abusers in the last ten years. For those staying less than three weeks, the recidivism rate is 18-33%. Bloomington, Indiana is very fortunate, and very proud, that Middle Way is part of our community!
More Feedback
I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
Hearing from the women themselves, and seeing them come into Middle Way with their heads down, unable to imagine themselves as valued individuals, only to leave less than a month later with their shoulders back and their heads held high.
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Help raise even more money so they can pay their incredible staff a decent salary -- the staff works for 2/3rds of what they could get in another organization.
