YWCA HELENA

2025 WINGS - THROUGH THE YWCA HELENA'S WOMEN INITIATING NEW GROWTH AND STABILITY (WINGS), WE AIM TO ADDRESS HOUSING INSECURITY, ADDICTION, MENTAL HEALTH, RECIDIVISM, AND FOOD INSECURITY, STEMMING FROM GENERATIONAL TRAUMA AND POVERTY. WHILE OUR 117-YEAR-OLD HISTORIC RESIDENCE AND SERVICES ARE IN LEWIS & CLARK COUNTY, OUR WINGS PROGRAM HAS STATEWIDE OUTREACH IN PROVIDING RESIDENTIAL AND INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT SERVICES FOR EXTREMELY LOW-INCOME WOMEN, WHO ARE DIAGNOSED WITH CO-OCCURING MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) AND ARE AT IMMEDIATE RISK OF HOMELESSNESS. IN 2025, WE SERVED 32 WOMEN, 17 CHILDREN (IN FULL TIME RESIDENCY) AND 7 CHILDREN (IN PART TIME RESIDENCY AS PART OF THEIR REUNIFICATION PROCESS). INDIVIDUALS CAME FROM 13 COUNTIES ACROSS MONTANA OF WHICH 31% ARE FROM RURAL COMMUNITIES AND 41% ARE ENROLLED TRIBAL MEMBERS. ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR INTAKES CAME FROM INPATIENT TREATMENT AND 81% OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE JUSTICE SYSTEM INVOLVED; 100% OF THE WOMEN (19-67 YEARS OF AGE), LIVE BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. WINGS CONTINUES TO BE THE ONLY PROGRAM IN OUR COMMUNITY SERVING WOMEN OF ANY AGE, ANY FAMILY STATUS, WHERE CHILDREN OF ANY AGE AND ANY GENDER CAN LIVE WITH THEIR MOTHERS. ONCE THE MOTHER IS STABILIZED IN HER RECOVERY, HER CHILDREN ARE WELCOME TO JOIN HER IN RESIDENCE. REUNIFICATION WITH HER CHILD(REN) IS SUPPORTED WITH PARENTING CLASSES AND SUPERVISED VISITS. WE HAVE FOUND REUNIFICATION IS VITAL TO HER RECOVERY. OF THE WOMEN SERVED IN 2025, 37% OF WOMEN LIVING IN THE HOME HAVING CHILDREN WITH THEM AT LEAST PART TIME. THREE WOMEN WERE PREGNANT OR POSTPARTUM.WOMEN ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT FIVE DAYS A WEEK. IN 2025, ALL CLIENTS RECEIVED AN AVERAGE OF 256 THERAPY ENCOUNTERS PER MONTH. SUCCESSFUL GRADUATES STAY AN AVERAGE OF 657 DAYS BEFORE MOVING INTO COMMUNITY HOUSING WITH SUSTAINED SOBRIETY. SIX WOMEN GRADUATED THE WINGS PROGRAM AND TRANSITIONED INTO COMMUNITY HOUSING IN 2025.

2025 CATERPILLARS - THE CATERPILLARS PROGRAM OFFERS A SERVICE FOR CHILDREN AND PARENTS WHO LIVE AT YWCA HELENA OR THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY: THE CATERPILLARS PARENTING CENTER OFFERS SUPERVISED PARENTING, SAFE EXCHANGE, EVIDENCE-BASED PARENTING CLASSES, AND ONE-ON-ONE PARENTING COACHING. IN ADDITION TO OFFERING SUPPORT TO THE MOTHERS OF WINGS, ALL SERVICES ARE OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY AND OFTEN REFERRED TO BY PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY SUCH AS THE DISTRICT COURTS, OUR LOCAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER, OTHER CLINICAL PROVIDERS, AND CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. 90% OF THE WOMEN IN THE WINGS PROGRAM HAVE COMPLETED CIRCLE OF SECURITY A RELATIONSHIP-BASED PARENTING PROGRAM. IN 2025, CATERPILLARS STAFF PROVIDED 397 SUPERVISED VISITS AND SAFE EXCHANGES TO 126 CHILDREN OF WHICH 100% ARE 0-12 YEARS OF AGE. ON AVERAGE, FAMILIES RECEIVE SERVICES TWICE A WEEK, FOR A MINIMUM OF SIX MONTHS UP TO TWO YEARS.