"to create

opportunities for

women's growth,

leadership,

and power" and

"the elimination

of racism wherever

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it exists."

social services

Women's Counseling Network is the only long-term counseling

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program for low-income women in the community. This life changing

service is provided by therapists who volunteer to take women referred

and screened by the YWCA into their professional practice free of

charge. The Women's Counseling Network helps women make

significant improvements in their lives.

■ Your Sister's Closet provides clothing appropriate for job inter-

views and to begin employment, in an attractive and supportive envi-

ronment, to unemployed and homeless women who are seeking

employment. More than 80 other organizations refer women to Your

Sister's Closet to avoid duplicating this essential employment readi-

ness program. Women also receive personal grooming products such

as shampoo, makeup and deodorant--all of the things that they need

to make a great first impression.

Your Sister's Closet and Women's Counseling Network services are

part of an wide range of services available to women who have recently

been released from prison through a collaborative partnership led by

the Primavera Foundation.

■ PHASE/YWork is a women's career development and employment

training program that was transferred from the University of Arizona to

the YWCA in November 2007. This program is designed to assist low-

income women with employment barriers to build skills necessary for

successful entry into the workforce.