Above images from YWCA Women's Art Gallery Exhibit, "Empty Chairs, Painful Windows." Click here for more information.

YWCA Violence Against Women Programs include:

• Crisis Line Assistance and Shelter Services

The YWCA provides safe protective shelter and necessary supportive services for battered women and their children to move them toward self-sufficiency, independence and freedom from abuse. >>more

• Transitional Housing

The YWCA offers short and long-term housing and support for women and their children who have moved beyond an emergency phase and are making the transition to independent living.>>more

• Court Advocacy

YWCA Eastern Area Services provides Court Advocacy to domestic violence victims in Clermont and Brown Counties.>>more

• Batterer's Intervention

The YWCA Amend Program provides services to assist perpetrators of domestic violence in taking responsibility for their behavior and leading violence-free lives.  Amend Adolescent provides similar services to youth how are involved in or at risk for violent behaviors.>>more

• Sexual Assault Program

Serving Clermont, Brown and Adams Counties, the YWCA Sexual Assault Program provides 24-hour crisis intervention, TTY accessible hotline assistance and hospital accompaniment, support groups, community outreach, prevention education, and advocacy for sexual assault survivors and the community.>>more

• Community Response

The YWCA provided a pivotal leadership role in raising public awareness about the issue of domestic violence in our community.  We continue to be a primary influence in advocating for a system-wide response. The YWCA provides leadership and staff support for the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council and Ohio Domestic Violence Network and many local and state public policy and advocacy organizations that support legislative and community initiatives.  Community initiatives include the Family Violence Prevention Project,  Alliance for Immigrant Women and Father's Day Campaign against Violence.

• Training and Technical Assistance

The YWCA provides services to corporations, agencies and professionals through training and consultation activities that promote effective responses to domestic violence.  These include:

• Domestic Violence Challenges the Workplace Project
• Production and distribution of the award winning documentary, Batterer's Will Kill

 

Julie Martin

In Loving Memory