Staff from a shelter in a small Colorado town called the Gateway crisis line requesting assistance for Anita, a 28 year old Latina woman with 3 children. The woman had a 22-month old girl, and two boys, ages 6 and 7 years old. She had experienced 9 years of abuse including physical, emotional, and sexual. The precipitating incident that brought her to a shelter program was over the baby falling down and crying. The husband began slapping his wife in the face, punched her in the back, threw her against the wall, kicked her and locked her in a room. He then spanked the 22-month old child and hit her on the back until she had bruises. The little girl then hit her head on the table causing her nose to bleed but the father continued to hit the child until she lost consciousness. He then let the mother out of the room and blamed her for their daughter’s accident. The husband began hitting the mother on the head and did not stop until she lost her hearing. When her husband left for work, Anita and her children were able to escape. She was admitted to the local shelter in her town but did not feel safe in the same area as her husband. The shelter staff called Gateway to request assistance. Arrangements were made for transportation to Gateway.