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Our Mission

The mission of YWCA Clark County is to build a community of peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all people.

The YWCA focuses on empowering women, preventing violence and eliminating oppression.

about us

YWCA Clark County, founded in 1916, is a mission-driven, multi-service organization dedicated to empowering women, preventing violence and eliminating racism and other forms of oppression. Each year, YWCA Clark County serves over 10,000 women, children, youth and men, through the following programs:

• CASA: Providing advocacy for neglected, abused or abandoned children involved in the court and foster care system.
• ILS: Helping youth in foster care, ages 16-21, identify and acquire skills they will need as they transition from state-supported care to independent living.
• SafeChoice: Serving victims of domestic violence by providing a 24-hour crisis line, shelter, a children's advocacy program, legal advocacy, counseling, support groups and community education.
• Sexual Assault Program: Serving victims of sexual assault and their families through 24-hour advocacy, individual therapy, support groups and community education.
• WORTH: Providing support and advocacy to women who are incarcerated and transitioning back into the community.
• Y's Care: Serving homeless children ages 2.5 to 5, providing early childhood education and licensed, nurturing child care while parents attend to family needs and seek housing, financial assistance, and employment.
• Social Change Program: Workshops, public policy, awareness events and awards.

YWCA Clark County is affiliated with YWCA USA, the oldest and largest women's membership movement in the United States.

YWCA Clark County is committed to serving all members of our community who need our services. Here are some of the ways we accomplish that:

• No charge for services (with the exception of a few classes and workshops)
• Spanish-speaking advocates in the Sexual Assault Program and SafeChoice Domestic Violence Program
• Russian-speaking advocates in SafeChoice
• We serve people of all sexual orientations and gender identities
• LGBTQ-specific services in SafeChoice

We invite you to learn more about us and join the YWCA family!

Quality Assurance
YWCA Clark County strives to provide the highest quality services possible and to treat all participants, volunteers, staff and supporters with ultimate respect for individual choice and diversity. If you have a concern or compliment about our work, we would like to hear from you. Please provide us with your comments in one of the following ways:
• Place a comment in one of our two suggestion boxes, located in the community office lobby and at the SafeChoice shelter
• E-mail qualityassurance@ywcaclarkcounty.org
• Mail to:
Attn: Quality Assurance
YWCA Clark County
3609 Main Street
Vancouver, WA 98663

YWCA USA

MISSION: YWCA is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.

Three hundred and twenty-three YWCAs operate across the country, representing approximately 2 million women, girls and their families. The movement's mission is to empower women and girls and to eliminate racism. This is the guiding principle for all YWCA programs.

YWCA USA

YWCA Northwest Regional Council

World YWCA

VISION: A fully inclusive world where justice, peace, health, human dignity, freedom and care for the environment are promoted and sustained through women’s leadership.
PURPOSE: The World YWCA unites national associations in a worldwide women’s volunteer membership movement. Inspired by the Christian faith, the purpose of the World YWCA is to develop the leadership and collective power of women and girls around the world to achieve human rights, health, security, dignity, freedom, justice and peace for all people.

World YWCA