Ywca of Greater Portland

Domestic violence emergency services: Ywca's domestic violence advocates divert pressure on the region's emergency shelter system by helping survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault to obtain and/or maintain safe, stable housing for themselves and their families. As a critical component of the community's continuum of care, advocates are embedded in public housing complexes, homeless camps, the gateway center, and other locations throughout the community to ensure immediate, responsive access to housing services. 3,000 survivors of domestic violence or sexual assault served. Domestic violence housing: communities of restoration and healing (corh): Ywca's supportive corh housing (continued on schedule o) provides survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault the ability to lease extremely affordable transitional rooms at four homes throughout metro Portland for as long as they need to heal from trauma and rebuild their lives. This innovative program uses a shared housing model and includes wraparound supports, provided by certified peer case managers, for survivors and their children. 42 households with survivors of domestic or sexual violence housed.therapeutic services: Ywca's licensed clinical social worker and msw interns provide free or low-cost therapy to individuals and families impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault. 450 therapy sessions provided.

Senior services: Ywca's senior services program offers a wide range of information and support to seniors, empowering them to maintain healthy and independent lives in the safety and comfort of their own homes. As a critical component of multnomah county's age-friendly cities initiative, seniors case managers are co-located at the east multnomah aging, disability and veterans services building and provide individualized assistance to seniors, their caregivers, and families including support and respite for caregivers, chronic disease support groups, medicare counseling, social activities, navigation of social programs, emergency financial assistance for utilities and rent, and legal assistance. 2,300 seniors served.

Family preservation project (fpp): the family preservation project interrupts the inter-generational cycle of criminal justice involvement, poverty, and addiction by using a holistic, family-centered approach to work with 1,500 incarcerated mothers and their family members each year. Fpp is typically administered onsite at coffee creek correctional facility, Oregon's only women's prison housing women from all counties in Oregon; ongoing pandemic protocols through 2022 required all fpp services to be provided virtually to incarcerated mothers.--intensive services program provides incarcerated mothers and their children and caregiving families a 24-month intensive combination of counseling, therapeutic visitations, (continued on schedule o)educational and support groups.--family resource center provides individualized assistance to incarcerated mothers to: participate in their department of human services (dhs) child welfare cases; encourage parent-child visitation/time; establish or maintain contact with children via mail, phone calls, and contact visitation; secure needed services for children; and establish contact with children's schools and caregivers;--youth advisory council provides leadership skills and supports for the children of incarcerated mothers, including development of a state of Oregon youth of incarcerated mothers bill of rights.--peer wellness specialists provide recently released mothers the opportunity to be professionally certified as peer wellness specialists in exchange for three months of work helping other recently release women re-enter society and their families.--between the lines advocacy and public education produced two documentaries regarding the effects of maternal incarceration upon children, women and our communities.2,000 women, children, and families served.

Social justice program: the agency's social justice program provides education, dialogue, trainings, consulting and events to foster a theoretical and practical understanding of racism, sexism, and other forms of oppression. The purpose of the program is to increase awareness of these issues and equip individuals, organizations and the community with the knowledge and skills required to help build a more equitable world. The interactive workshops cover topics such as domestic violence, oppression, bias, interrupting racism, de-escalation and cultural competency. 1,989,000 hours of training provided 200 workshops.scholarships: Ywca provides scholarships to low-income youth and families so that they may experience the magic of camp westwind and foster essential life skills such as confidence, respect, and social awareness. Ywca also solicits and then provides low-income adults and their children access to extracurricular activities, tutoring, and other learning supports that are essential elements of a child's healthy development. 200 scholarships awarded.fiscal sponsorship: Ywca provides financial management services to small, mission-consistent initiatives and emerging nonprofits in the metro region. These bipoc-led and bipoc-serving groups serve a diverse array of historically marginalized and underserved communities. All revenue and expense of fiscal sponsorships are included with the agency's financial statements and fees are based on service revenue. 20 emerging organizations supported.covid-19 outreach and wraparound services: Ywca's bicultural community health workers provided critical supports, including masks and vaccines, rental and utility assistance, food, clothing, connection to resources to replace lost income, and family supports as children remained home from school to communities hardest hit by the pandemic and resulting state of emergency, stay home orders, and quarantine and isolation protocols. In partnership with many fiscal sponsorship initiatives serving agricultural and seasonal workers, recent immigrants, service workers, sex workers, and monolingual spanish speakers, chws hosted community events, worked with state and county health systems, and provided critical and urgent resources to those in need. 2,500 households served.