Barbara Niess is the former Executive Director of SafeHouse Center. She resigned after an independent investigation found "the longtime executive director of an Ann Arbor-area domestic violence shelter has resigned days after an outside investigator delivered a report to its board finding “lapses” of management.

Barbara Niess-May led SafeHouse Center for nearly two decades before agreeing to take paid leave last year in the midst of mounting allegations of poor conditions and testimony from abuse survivors that they were forced to leave the nonprofit shelter while in precarious situations." https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2022/01/investigation-into-ann-arbor-domestic-violence-shelter-finds-management-lapses-director-resigns.html 

https://www.a2independent.com/2021/07/31/staff-and-clients-allege-safehouse-center-is-mismanaged-and-a-racist-toxic-environment/

https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2021/10/county-fast-tracks-75k-in-aid-to-domestic-violence-survivors-turned-away-from-ann-arbor-shelter.html

https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2021/09/outside-attorney-will-investigate-allegations-against-ann-arbor-domestic-violence-shelter-board-says.html

https://www.a2independent.com/2021/09/15/safehouse-center-is-a-dangerous-dump-and-survivors-say-enough-is-enough/

https://www.a2independent.com/2021/08/31/safehouse-exec-dir-and-staff-retaliated-against-sexual-physical-assault-survivors-who-spoke-out-about-health-and-safety-concerns-at-the-shelter/

 

News references

https://www.a2independent.com/2021/07/31/staff-and-clients-allege-safehouse-center-is-mismanaged-and-a-racist-toxic-environment/


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