YWCA of Greater Portland - Wrap-Around Support Services

Group	Community And Other Support Services
Category	Wrap-Around Support Services
Name	YWCA of Greater Portland
Provider	YWCA of Greater Portland

Description

The YWCA of Greater Portland’s mission is to eliminate racism, empower women, and promote peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. Their approach is person-centered, trauma-informed, and strengths-based. They provide responsive services that meet the evolving needs of their community. YWCA’s programs and services include:

Survivor Services YWCA advocates assist at a hotline located at Gateway Center for DV Survivors connecting them to the personal support to find safety and security. They advocate for their program participants so they don’t get lost in or mistreated by the system.

Their Communities of Restoration and Healing (CoHR) program supports Survivors and their families with safe and stable shared co-housing. YWCA operates five democratically-run houses with 34 units where Survivors and their families can heal from trauma and rebuild residency in community.

Their therapy team provides Survivors with free therapy from therapists who have extensive experience addressing sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and sensitivity to the effects of violence on children. They offer a trauma-informed clinical training program for counseling interns to gain experience working with Survivors.

Through its In Reach Team , YWCA connects unhoused Survivors in encampments and shelters throughout the County with safe and stable housing. The In Reach Team provides resource connection, financial support, advocacy, and retention services for up to one year after housing placement.

YWCA’s Family Preservation Project (FPP) promotes individual and system level change to reduce the collateral consequences of parental incarceration on children, families and the community. FPP strengthens families and communities by assisting incarcerated women as they become rooted in their identities as mothers, promoting the rights of children of incarcerated parents, and providing trauma-informed services designed specifically for each parent’s unique needs.

FPP provides direct service programs, three of which operate inside Coffee Creek Correctional Facility (CCC) in Wilsonville, Oregon:

The Family Reunification Program includes therapeutic visitations with children, parenting support and education groups, intensive individual transition planning, caregiver support, wrap-around support for children and families, family meetings, parent-teacher conferences, and biopsychosocial assessments.

The Family Resource Center offers individual and group-based support services, juvenile and family law support, and addresses barriers to connection with children, families, and professional services.

The Re-entry Program sends peer advocates to meet women when they are released from prison. The program assists women by providing them with re-entry necessities, including hygiene supplies, clothing, a backpack or tote, as well as emotional support.

https://www.ywcapdx.org/family-preservation-project

YWCA’s Senior Services include: Respite And Support For Caregivers , Activities and Support Groups , Insurance Counseling , Transportation, and

Legal Assistance . The Senior Services team also acts as advocates for their clients by facilitating their access to services provided by the YWCA’s partner agencies. These services include personal care, housekeeping, adult day care, and other services. https://www.ywcapdx.org/senior- services

YWCA’s Social Justice Program provides public and private Social Justice Workshops, both in person and via Zoom. Their two-week anti-racism Anti-Racism Practice Certification program is taught by trainers with diverse lived experiences and intersectional identities relevant to the topics they teach . Topics covered include sexism and domestic violence, racism, poverty, inclusivity, sex and gender, and more. https://www.ywcapdx.org/social-justice-program

YWCA supports 25 emerging community-driven organizations. working at the grassroots level to create a more equitable and just world, through their Fiscal

Sponsorship Project . Fiscal sponsorship project missions can be submitted online: https://www.ywcapdx.org/fiscal-sponsorship

YWCA also runs a Youth Advisory Council , comprised of kids of incarcerated parents, and an Alumni Association , an intentional peer support community centered around shared lived experiences that offers mutual aid and support and celebrates successes big and small.