All of the individuals who come to YWCA for shelter and services are victims of violent crime, with most living in poverty and facing homelessness. This increases capacity to protect and serve victims, assuring that YWCA can make life-saving and life-changing support available to a significantly larger number of survivors over many decades.
This project reduces crime rates by breaking the cycle of reoccurring serious domestic violence incidents, each one of which results in a call to and a need for law enforcement to intervene. Poverty and Domestic Violence are the leading causes of homelessness.
People we serve are usually victims of both. You can provide lifechanging help by giving to the Gateway Horizons Shelter Project. Children like Sasha and their moms can find safe shelter and services to help them forge a better path to escaping violence. Before our attorney could file an Order of Protection, Rita had to leave because her ex-husband abused their young child so badly that she had to be flown to an out-of-state trauma center.
The girl did not survive, but Rita did get to say goodbye. Beth needed to get away from her very controlling and abusive husband but they shared a phone and she does not drive so it was difficult to her reach out for help. The local medical clinic where she had regular appointments connected her with YWCA.
YWCA helped her get public benefits, move into housing, and complete the paperwork for her divorce. She is at peace knowing she is safe. Partner and family member violence continued to increase this year. Gateway Horizons All of the individuals who come to YWCA for shelter and services are victims of violent crime, with most living in poverty and facing homelessness.
