The YWCA empowers women in the Pittsburgh region through programs and services such as:
Personal Finance Improvement Programs:
Focus on empowering women to build wealth by providing training, education, and resources necessary to increase income and purchase assets. The program includes seminars on investment and home ownership, post-secondary education, and business ownership. Program activities include financial literacy training, 1:1 matched savings accounts, micro-enterprise training, and micro-lending.
Provides legal education and referrals to qualified, affordable and compassionate legal counsel.
This fund, established in 1982 at the YWCA Greater Pittsburgh in memory of Elizabeth Erskine Prine, provides small, one-time grants to help women participating in a YWCA program who find themselves in a crisis situation.
The YWCA offers supportive and affordable housing programs for homeless low-income women and their children.
Provides culturally competent, mental health counseling for women ages 18 and over in a safe, confidential environment.
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The YWCA will feature renowned women's rights activist Gloria Steinem as our keynote speaker during an upcoming luncheon event at The Omni William Penn Hotel. Click here to register online.
15th Annual YWCA Week Without Violence
The YWCA Greater Pittsburgh's 15th annual Week Without Violence focuses attention on practical, sustainable non-violent alternatives through a week-long series of events.