Program areas at YWCA of Greater Baton Rouge
The YWCA Early Head Start program provides comprehensive educational and health services for pregnant adolescents, children of adolescent parents, young children living in poverty and their families. The program is first and foremost a child development program that enhances the development of children and pregnant women on some form of public assistance and/or classified as homeless.
The YWCA of Baton Rouge has established a community bail system, in which individuals within the community can donate funds that provide for the bonding obligations of individuals arrested (non-violent offenses only) in East Baton Rouge Parish. Their goal is not to subvert justice, but to allow them to continue their lives until they have been arraigned and judges as guilty or not guilty.
YWCA of Greater Baton Rouge provided cash management services and managed a relief program for individuals and families experiencing rent and/or utility delinquency as a result of COVID-19 and its negative impact on the local economy.
The Child and Adult Care Food Program is a type of federal assistance provided by the US Department of Agriculture to states passed through to local governments and non-profit organizations in order to provide a daily subsidized food service for children, elderly or mentally or physically impaired adults in non-residential, daycare settings.
The YWCA is a community Partner with the Capital Area United Way.
The YWCA of Baton Rouge participates in a number of other grant programs including the Childcare Assistance Program, Louisiana Housing Corporation's Rehousing Grant, Recast Grant, City of Baton Rouge's Emergency Solutions Grant, and several other smaller miscellaneous programs. The expenses for all of these programs are combined below.