Written By: The Women's Center staff
Talking with your teen about consent and boundaries is the best prevention against dating violence. And these conversations are critical – 1 in 3 girls in the US is a victim of physical, emotional, or verbal abuse from a dating partner, and 1 in ...
Written By: The Women's Center staff
As National Slavery & Human Trafficking Awareness Month comes
to a close, we want to reiterate that the need for all of us to come together
to prevent human trafficking will remain strong. It’s important to educate
ourselves and each other on how to identify the signs of ...
Written By: The Women's Center staff
Experiencing abuse can have
serious effects on a child’s mental and emotional state, performance in school,
and attitude towards life in general. Here at The Women’s Center, we work to
give our youngest clients the care and support they need to process their
trauma and heal.
We offer comprehensive programming, ...
Written By: The Women's Center staff
Domestic violence can take many forms: physical violence, sexual abuse, rape, emotional abuse, economic deprivation, threats, intimidation, isolation. Any situation where a partner is exerting or wielding power and control over the other repeatedly is abuse. This crime knows no boundaries in ...
Written By: The Women's Center staff
Many of our clients have both practical and
economic barriers to safety and self-sufficiency. Beyond the immediate safety,
shelter, and support that we provide from the first moment a client comes to
us, we work to empower and enable them to set and reach their goals of
self-sufficiency and ...
Written By: Executive Director Angela Mancuso
I’ve been asked to
talk about the past, present and future demand for The Women’s Center services.
By the numbers, here’s a snapshot of just a few programs for you on the demand we’ve
seen during a ten-year period, between 2008 to 2018, where we ...
Written By: Ann Marie Moss, Director of Development & Communications
Many of us have individual retirement accounts (IRAs), maybe through our employers or a separate investment company, to make retirement more comfortable. For those of us over the age of 70 ½, we are required to take a minimum distribution from ...
Written By: Angela Mancuso, Executive Director
With an emphasis on the work we do each day, and with a
clear eye on the agency’s commitment to meeting needs in the future, the Board
of Directors adopted a vision statement and approved revisions to our mission
statement in January 2018.
The mission of The ...
Written By: The Women's Center staff
To help those we serve and those who work here make
long-lasting nutrition and lifestyle choices that also enhance their
well-being, The Women’s Center has established a variety of programs and
initiatives related to health and wellness.
For our clients, we offer eight-week nutrition workshops
several times a year ...
Written By: The Women's Center staff
In a 2015 study entitled
“Supporting Survivors” by the Institute for Policy Integrity, the authors
determined that legal advocacy successfully decreases the cycle of domestic
abuse. We’ve seen this first hand. The Women’s Center’s legal advocates are
available by phone and in-person for clients to discuss their legal rights, ...
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