families together (FT)

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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)