families together (FT)
***Families Together Wins NC Housing Award. Click here to view the press release.*** 
YWCA's Families Together program provides safe, affordable housing and intensive support services for homeless families with minor children.
Inspired by Christ Episcopal Church and made possible by numerous donors and friends, we were able to open Families Together, a ten unit housing complex on our Park Road campus in 2008. Families Together program participants have access to a myriad of services including: case management; computer instruction; education and job training programs; career counseling; financial planning services and volunteer facilitated social activities. Each family can remain in the program for up to two years.
Since opening in 2008, YWCA has housed over 40 families with 178 individuals ranging in age from newborns to 49 years have been served. Since the YWCA partnered with the Charlotte Housing Authority in 2009, qualified families have graduated with the benefit of Section 8 Choice Vouchers.
Click here to see an update on the Families Together program over the past three years.
Program Outcomes (2011)
- 100% of our participants exited into permanent housing.
- 100% remained permanently housed after six months.
- 71% remained permanently housed after one year.
We know that many of you look for volunteer opportunities to share with your family and friends, co-workers and church groups. The YWCA Central Carolinas has made giving easy by registering at Target stores nationwide. Items purchased off of the YWCA Target gift list will be used to “furnish” the YWCA Families Together residences.
You can pull up the YWCA gift registry at kiosks located inside Target stores and also by visiting www.target.com -- simply click on the Target registry lists, then click on "Find a List" and enter first name: YWCA, last name: Central Carolinas. You can also click here to go straight to our registry. You may also visit our "greatest needs" button on our homepage for more ideas. As always your help is appreciated.
Candidates for the Families Together program must be referred to the YWCA by a community shelter agency. For more information please contact Rebecca Stickel, Director of Families Together at 704.525.5770, ext. 231 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .