Ywca Greater Harrisburg

3. Residential support services - bridge and transitional housing, employment obtainment and counseling, emergency shelter, city shelterthe Ywca of Greater Harrisburg housing and homelessness services provides emergency shelter for single women with or without children for up to 28 days, bridge/transitional housing shelter for homeless women and their children for up to 1 year, single room occupancy section 8 housing for homeless women with no children, permanent housing rental assistance and case management for homeless men and women with disabilities, and "safe haven permanent supportive housing" for chronically homeless women with severe mental illness. Supportive services include individual intensive case management focusing on goal planning, housing counseling and connection to appropriate services and benefits, life skills, parenting education and employment services. Other services available when appropriate include drug and alcohol recovery support groups, a food bank and clothing bank. From july 1, 2023 through june 30, 2024, these programs provided services to 304 adults, 117 children for a total of 39,259 bednights.under the residential support services within the Ywca, the economic and neighborhood development department provides employment services for women who reside at the Ywca as well as our Greater community. Services include job readiness training, assistance finding a job, job retention and other support services. These programs provided services to 114 unduplicated individuals. The veterans' service department provides employment readiness services, training, outreach, transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, rapid re-housing, health care navigation, opioid response clinical coordination and case management, shallow subsidy housing supports, legal services, homelessness prevention, and connection to other supportive services to support veteran's health, well-being, and self-sufficiency. From july 1, 2023, through june 30, 2024, these programs provided 297 enrollments and services to 247 unduplicated individuals.

1. Children & youth services pre-k counts, school-age, wrap-around care, lunch programthe Ywca of Greater Harrisburg child development center offers year-round programs for children ages 3 to 12 years. Ywca's children and youth programs provide care and education to children from families of all income levels. The Ywca has an integrated teaching strategies curriculum that combines early literacy, science, math, art, music, and physical education, as well as social and communication skills. Regular field trips and extracurricular activities are planned throughout the year to broaden children's experience. From july 1, 2023, through june 30, 2024, the Ywca served 110 children in its prek counts, wrap around care, before and after school program, and summer camp.

2. Crisis services - rape crisis, domestic violence, voca, prevention education, supervised visitation, crisis services - rape crisis, domestic violence, voca, prevention education, supervised visitation the Ywca of Greater Harrisburg violence intervention and prevention programs offers a 24-hour hotline, domestic violence shelter, human trafficking services, accompaniments to court, hospital and the police station, crisis intervention, individual counseling, support groups, medical advocacy, transitional housing, prevention education in schools, professional training, employment services, immigration outreach and referral information. From july 1, 2023 through june 30 2024, these programs provided services to 2,815 clients and 4,164 community members. Services are also offered through our visitation center, which served 212 clients.

Legal centerthe Ywca legal center was established to provide free civil legal assistance to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, dating violence, and human trafficking that are unable to afford an attorney. From july 1, 2023 through june 30, 2024 the legal center provided services to 1,254 individuals in cases related to child custody, spousal and child support, protection orders, divorce, and other related matters.