Organization

YWCA Metropolitan Chicago YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago

Chicago, IL
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Mission

Part 1: our mission is to eliminate racism and empower women. - Part 3: the YWCA is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.

  • Website: http://WWW.YWCACHICAGO.ORG
  • Phone: 3123726600
  • Principal Officer: NICOLE ROBINSON
  • EIN
    EIN: 362179765
  • Revenue: $36,622,492
  • Assets: $25,320,545
  • Expenses: $38,730,453

YWCA Metropolitan Chicago YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago
1 n lasalle st 1700
Chicago, IL 60602
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Categories Women serving the general population

All Programs

Child and adult care food program (tummy) through nutrition training and monitoring, the YWCA child and adult care food program (cacfp)/tummy provides technical support, supervision and monetary reimbursement to assist home-based/family child care providers in purchasing, preparing and serving healthy meals and snacks daily to all children, ages 0-12 years, participating in their programs.

Early head start - the purpose of early head start is to expand high-quality early learning opportunities in the years before preschool. The YWCA's approach using a child care partnership model supports communities to increase the number of early head start and child care providers that meet the highest standards of quality for infant and toddler care.

Crisis intervention and advocacy -the YWCA operates the 24-hour rape crisis hotline for the city of chicago and the surrounding suburbs. Staffed by 40-hour trained staff and volunteers, the hotline provides crisis intervention and resource referrals to callers. The YWCA also provides medical and legal advocacy to survivors of sexual assault, providing trauma-informed support as survivors seek medical services and engage with the criminal justice system. YWCA metropolitan chicago is the largest provider of sexual assault support services in the state of illinois. Through these services the YWCA staff seeks to improve the emotional, social, behaviorial and physical health of those served.