YWCA OF GREATER PORTLAND

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES: YWCA'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATES PROVIDE SERVICES THROUGHOUT 7 PROGRAMS VARYING FROM CRISIS ADVOCACY TO HOUSING ADVOCACY. WE SERVE SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING, AND/OR SEX TRAFFICKING 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 CONFIDENTIAL ADVOCACY AND HOUSING SERVICES. OUR NAVIGATORS ARE STATIONED AT THE GATEWAY CENTER TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO RESTRAINING ORDERS, RESOURCE NAVIGATION AND REFERRALS TO DSV PROGRAMS. (CONTINUTED ON SCH. O)OUR MOBILE CRISIS ADVOCATES MEET SURVIVORS WHERE THEY ARE AT TO PROVIDE SHORT TERM SUPPORT AND REFERRALS TO DSV PROGRAMS. OUR DIVERSION PROGRAM DIVERTS 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. THE INREACH TEAMS ARE STATIONED AT SHELTERS, DAY SITES, AND ENCAMPMENTS SERVING HOMELESS SURVIVORS IN MULTNOMAH COUNTY WITH ADVOCACY AND HOUSING ACCESS. COMMUNITIES OF RESTORATION AND HEALING (CORH): YWCA'S SUPPORTIVE CORH HOUSING PROVIDES SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT THE ABILITY TO LEASE EXTREMELY AFFORDABLE ROOMS AT THREE 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 WRAP-AROUND SUPPORT, PROVIDED BY CERTIFIED PEER CASE MANAGERS, FOR SURVIVORS AND THEIR CHILDREN. WE HAVE 2 ADDITIONAL CORH HOMES THAT WE OPERATE AS PART OF OUR HUD HOUSING PROGRAM PROVIDING TRANSITIONAL HOUSING TO SURVIVORS AND THEIR CHILDREN TIL THEY ARE READY TO MOVE INTO THEIR OWN PERMANENT HOUSING UNIT. SUPPORT IS PROVIDED FOR UP TO 24MONTHS IN TOTAL. OUR FINAL HUD PROGRAM PROVIDES HOUSING TO SINGLE SURVIVORS FOR UP TO 24 MONTHS. IN TOTAL 1041 SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING, AND/OR SEX TRAFFICKING SERVED. 563 SURVIVORS WERE SUPPORTED WITH OBTAINING OR MAINTAINING HOUSING. YWCA THERAPY: YWCA'S LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER AND MSW INTERNS PROVIDE FREE THERAPY TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IMPACTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. IN TOTAL 606 THERAPY SESSIONS PROVIDED TO SURVIVORS.

SENIOR SERVICES PROGRAM PROVIDES 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, SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, NAVIGATION OF SOCIAL PROGRAMS, COORDINATING UTILITY ASSISTANCE, TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES, AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE. 1,000 SENIORS SERVED.