The Haven Web Series

The staff and clients of a domestic violence shelter grapple with the instability of their lives and the abusive relationships that have brought them to The Haven shelter in Season One of this web series. The residents of The Haven are in transition. Once accepted into shelter they have 90 days to get their bearings and launch themselves on a - hopefully - new and abuse-free trajectory. Most of the women don't make it 2 weeks. A cornucopia of obstacles including alcohol and drug addiction, mental illness, physical ailments, poverty, immigration status, and PTSD make creating a new life an uphill battle. The staff is often similarly beleaguered. Many of the social workers have been drawn to domestic violence because of their family history. Some of them have only marginally better taste in men than the shelter residents, and they're poorly paid which means many of them are financially not much better off than their clients either. In the first three episodes of Season One we see the shelter director, the new intern, and a new client walk through the same day, intersecting paths. The fourth episode is a look at one crisis line worker's overnight shift and how they must address the needs of the callers and the shelter residents when they are the only staff person on the premises.