COMMUNITY & SOCIAL SERVICES DONATE ONLINE MCGIVES.COM Program strengthens bonds and helps build resilience within families to help them achieve their permanency goals. “Baby girl is my first biological child, and I don’t have the support of my mother or her mother. So when [Seneca staff] comes to help me, they also kind of teach me how to be a family.” -Isaac Evans, who found himself a single parent of baby girl Alanna and guardian to her 9-year-old half-brother, Joey, after their mother died. Joey is neuro-atypical and nonverbal, and both children have social workers who connected Isaac with Seneca. THE VILLAGE PROJECT, INC. YEAR FOUNDED: 2008 PAID STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS: 24 paid, 45 volunteers BUDGET: $1,896,000 392-1500 VILLAGEPROJECTINC.ORG BIG IDEA: As affordable housing continues to be severely limited, the cost to access other sources of housing—like motels rooms—is also skyrocketing. The Village Project support people in achieving self-sufficiency and well-being, and sees more and more families needing to sleep in their car or live in overcrowded situations. This nonprofit’s Big Idea provides direct, immediate respite to families experiencing housing insecurity, helping them access resources to lift them from crisis and help secure permanent shelter. “I will never forget the support The Village Project provided me with when I was homeless and struggling to find services when I was turned away by so many places. At my age, I don’t know where I would be right now.” -Anonymous YWCA MONTEREY COUNTY YEAR FOUNDED: 1971 PAID STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS: 19 paid, 2 volunteers BUDGET: $2,463,589 422-8602 YWCAMC.ORG BIG IDEA: The YWCA Monterey County exists to serve and support victims and survivors of domestic violence. Through services like legal advocacy; a pantry for food, clothing and household essentials; a 24-Hour Crisis Line; and an emergency shelter, this nonprofit’s Big Idea provides the only wraparound service for domestic violence victims in Monterey County. The YWCA continues to add programs, including a new financial literacy class to support the fresh start of people fleeing violence with little or no experience with finances. “The shelter helped me feel safer and my needs were met. I met other women in the same situation and made friends who understand me.” -Anonymous 74 Monterey County GIVES! 2023 mcgives.com
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