Ywca Pierce County

Community education: ywca community education provides drop-in, on-site crisis intervention and referral services for community members experiencing domestic violence. We are committed to offering immediate support and connecting individuals to essential resources.

Legal services: the legal services program helps adult domestic violence victims and their children in need of civil legal assistance. Domestic violence creates daunting challenges - emotional and financial - for victims attempting to use the legal system to maintain safety and create stability. Our program assists with protective orders, parenting plans, divorces, separations, and other family law issues. Adults served: 109.

Children's program: ywca children's program equips children who have experienced domestic violence with tools to promote healthy relationships. Children receive food, clothing, respite care, individual therapy, access to weekly age appropriate therapeutic groups, safety planning, opportunities to develop self-esteem, and connections to other community resources. We aim to help our young clients develop healthy bodies and minds while growing into stable adulthood. Counseling program: ywca's counseling program offers compassionate mental health counseling services with therapists who deeply understand the impact of intimate partner violence (ipv). Therapists work with children and families as well as individual adults of all genders who have experienced ipv.