Ywca Monterey County

mission: the ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all. overview: the ywca has served as a sole-source agency in monterey county for domestic violence education, prevention, and intervention services, such as counseling, legal advocacy, confidentially-located safe shelter, crisis line support, and teen dating violence prevention. the ywca's strategy for addressing domestic violence is four-fold: 1) dispense critical immediate support services; 2) provide strategies for healing once immediate crises pass; 3) provide education and counseling to break the cycle of violence in the lives of individuals and families; 4) advocate for public policies focusing on ending family violence. programs and services: we operate the lawson safe house, the only confidentially-located shelter for women and their children fleeing domestic violence in monterey county. we provide an 10-week intensive program that allows women to begi