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Families Together Program
Families Together, the YWCA's transitional housing program for homeless families provides on-site support to children and their families as they transition out of homelessness and work towards permanent housing.

Women In Transition Program
Serving 105 at-risk women annually, Women In Transition (WIT) Program participants receive safe affordable housing, intensive case management, support services and connections to the web of available community services as they work toward becoming economically stable and permanently housed.

Youth Programs
A 50 week-per-year program serving approximately 350 children ages 5 to 12 at 12 sites located in Mecklenburg and Union Counties public housing communities and fragile neighborhoods. The Youth Program's Tolerance and Prevention Initiative provides weekly workshops to engage at-risk youth in character-building activities that address communication, anger management and conflict resolution.

Sarah Belk Gambrell Fitness Center
The YWCA is Charlotte's co-ed comfortable fitness alternative, providing effective exercise programs for men, women and children of all fitness levels. Our center features a warm water pool, land and water and aerobics classes, yoga and Pilates, a cardio theater, an outdoor fitness trail, two tennis courts and personal training services.


"The changes that are being made in the lives of women, children and families are an example of what talented, dedicated people working together can do to impact people's lives.  There is not anything like their programs in the region."

-Donna Lockhart, Vice President, Corporate Community Relations
Carolinas HealthCare System