• Your support shows you care

    When you give to YWCA through the FM Area Foundation Caring Catalog now through December 2, YOU provide safety, shelter, and hope for a future free from violence.

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    Host a Drive

    Community members like YOU can help provide basic needs for those seeking shelter at YWCA! Learn more about how you can help.

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    Join our Team!

    Passionate about empowering women? YWCA is hiring for full- and part-time opportunities with a variety of hours available.

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

What We Do

YWCA Cass Clay is on a mission—to be a place for women and children to turn as they escape violence and homelessness. Through our empowerment services, we walk alongside women and families as they heal and transform their lives. Each woman who arrives at our doors is met with safety, warmth, and hope.

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    Emergency Shelter

    24 hours a day, YWCA Emergency Shelter provides food, clothing, hygiene supplies, and safety for women and children escaping violence or homelessness.

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    Supportive Housing

    With a safe place to call home and support from YWCA advocates, women and families rebuild lives free from violence with YWCA’s Supportive Housing.

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    Supportive Services

    At YWCA, women and families find support through education and employment services, childcare, health services, transportation assistance, and more.

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    Racial Justice

    In our mission to eliminate racism, YWCA and the Racial Justice Committee create opportunities for conversations that foster a diverse and unified community.

See Our 2024 Impact

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1,238 individuals were sheltered for 24,076 days.

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351 individuals were housed for 80,648 days.

I Need Help

If you or someone you know is being abused, experiencing homelessness, or is in crisis, contact YWCA Cass Clay. Call (701) 232-3449 or fill out the YWCA Help Form for 24-hour assistance.

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I Want to Help

The support of our generous community makes our work possible! When you donate, volunteer, host a drive, or partner with YWCA Cass Clay, YOU change lives.

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Support our Mission

When you give to YWCA, you help families build brighter futures. Your generosity provides safety and support and empowers women in our community.

$35

provides a dignity kit of essential hygiene items

$75

provides one night of shelter and security at YWCA

$150

brings hope to women and children arriving at YWCA

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Your gift of any amount changes lives at YWCA

Thank you community collaborators & partners!

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