The stage is set for women to be a driving force in 2020. Ensuring access to the voting booth is an important part of YWCA’s commitment to eliminating racism and empowering women and is critical to ensuring a healthy, safe, empowered future for our communities. From helping domestic violence survivors vote safely to securing transportation… Continue Reading YWomen Vote initiative ensures all voices are heard
YWCA Dayton is expanding one of its longstanding supportive housing programs into Preble County. HomeShare is a two-year transitional housing and supportive services program that helps survivors of domestic violence and/or sexual assault achieve permanent safety and stability as they move from emergency shelter to independent living. For more than 12 years, this program has… Continue Reading HomeShare program expanding to Preble County
YW’s Renovating Lives: Floor by Floor central building transformation received Enterprise Green Communities certification for its commitment to environmentally-friendly building standards. Enterprise Community Partners is a national nonprofit organization that brings together nationwide know-how, partners, policy leadership and investment to multiply the impact of local affordable housing development, like YWCA Dayton’s Permanent Supportive Housing program.… Continue Reading Renovating Lives earns green certification
A lack of safe and affordable housing is reported as one of the primary barriers survivors of domestic violence face when they choose to leave an abusive partner – which is why it takes, on average, seven times before a survivor permanently leaves an abusive relationship, according to the National Domestic Violence Hotline. YWCA Dayton’s… Continue Reading Taking the first — or the seventh — step
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