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We work to increase wellness and safety in our community. We envision a future where we overcome racial and gender disparities and reduce institutional and societal barriers that drive inequities in health care access, chronic disease, and life span.
YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish works to increase wellness and safety in our community through our Health & Safety programs. We are on a mission to connect low-income women and men to accessible health care resources.
YWCA offers ten Health programs, striving to make all services culturally competent and linguistically appropriate.
YWCA's Health programs served over 5,000 people in King County in 2016.
Each program provides unique services to the needs of the community, including health education, mental health counseling, substance use disorder treatment, wellness coaching, peer support, care coordination, and insurance enrollment.
YWCA currently offers the following Health programs and partnerships:
Domestic violence advocacy: Children's Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence Legal Services, Domestic Violence Services and Emergency Shelter
Health access and education: BABES Network-YWCA, Health Care Access
Our programs work toward overcoming racial and gender disparities and institutional barriers that drive inequities in health care access and quality of life. When communities are healthy and safe, we all prosper.
YWCA Fact Sheet - Health.pdf
Related Health & Safety Programs
BABES Network
BABES Network provides peer support for women living with HIV. Since 1989, this program has reduced isolation and stigma and created a "sisterhood of support" for women affected by HIV and their families through education, outreach, advocacy, and more.
Health Access
Central Area Food Bank
Distributes free food and groceries weekly to residents in YWCA emergency shelter and transitional housing, as well as low-income families from the community.
Children's Domestic Violence Program
The Children's Domestic Violence Program works with children and non-abusive parents to minimize the effects of domestic violence.
DV Advocacy
Domestic Violence Advocacy
Free and confidential advocacy services for survivors of domestic violence throughout Seattle and King County. Programs include community-based advocates and support groups for women, including specialized groups for women of color.
Meets with individuals and families in emergency shelters and day centers throughout Seattle to provide support and education on how to access health services and navigate systems of care.
Parents for Parents
Through early engagement, support, and education, this program helps parents with a dependency case quickly and safely reunify with their children.
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YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish
1118 Fifth Ave, Seattle, WA 98101
YWCA is supported by United Way of King County and United Way of Snohomish County
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