Mayor Muriel Bowser along with the Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants (OVSJG) attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new Domestic Violence Shelter Thursday morning, Oct. 13, 2022.

It reads, "Dedicated June 30, 2023, For her commitment to providing Shelter from the Storm. To all survivors of domestic and sexual violence, as executive director, November 2007 to June 2023." ...

Each year at the Beaumont shelter more than 2,000 domestic violence victims are helped and without the shelter, ... After Tropical storm Harvey flooded their 65 bed shelter in 2017.