YWCA Saskatoon looks to expand shelter with Hope Lives Here Campaign
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A YWCA Saskatoon funding campaign aims to get $19 million to build an expansion to their crisis shelter and residence.
YWCA Saskatoon has announced a campaign to help fund an expansion of their crisis shelter and residence.
The Hope Lives Here Campaign aims to get $19 million for the project with much of the campaign already funded.
The expansion will have 71 additional beds, more than doubling the capacity at the shelter and will have an opening date slated for December 2024 with 25-per cent capacity.
Cara Bahr is the CEO of YWCA Saskatoon and said they had to turn away 4,253 women, children and youth in 2022 due to the shelter being at full capacity.
Saskatchewan has the highest rate of domestic violence among all Canadian provinces, and Bahr added that it takes an average of seven or eight times for a woman to leave their abuser.
“YWCA second-stage housing works: over 90 per cent of our clients remain housed after they leave. Our housing program provides survivors with wrap-around supports, giving them the time andspace needed to heal, break the cycle of abuse and trauma, and rebuild their lives,” Bahr said.
Over $12.7 million of the project is already funded, some of the funding including $6.7 million coming from the federal government, $1.95 million from the province, $670,000 from the city and $2 million coming from the Brownlee Family Foundation.
“The Brownlee Family gift was critical to secure the full scope of the project, including the multi-bedroom units which will allow us to accommodate women with children, a first for our second-stage housing program,” Bahr said.
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