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How We Gave up Curfew (and a lot of other rules, too)

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Published Date
April, 2008

This resource tells the story of the Women's Support Shelter at the YWCA Pierce County in Tacoma, WA. After examining their policies and thinking critically about the role of rules, this shelter decided to drastically cut down on shelter rules, and was rewarded with successful results.