To inspire the community through education, innovation and the development of resources to end homelessness for women on the Monterey Peninsula.
The women we support are a mosaic of our community. They're our neighbors, our sisters, our mothers, and our grandmothers—yet they often face homelessness completely alone. Unaccompanied homeless women: without shelter, support, and no one to turn to.
You've likely shared a sidewalk or checkout line with a woman who had nowhere safe to sleep that night. She may be sleeping in her car after finishing a shift, or attending classes by day while returning to a tent at night. These women are everywhere—yet often unseen.
The Fund for Homeless Women provides grants to trusted local organizations offering shelter, food, clothing, and access to health and mental health services. We also provide scholarships for unsheltered women of any age striving to reclaim their lives.
These women are strong. But no one should have to be strong alone. Your support helps them take the next step—with dignity, opportunity, and hope.
Helping women without homes is helping our mothers, sisters, daughters, cousins. Housing is just too expensive now. Let's provide safe sleeping for the women in our families. It is too painful to see our family members sleeping in the bushes at night. We need increased community donations to provide safe sleeping for our vulnerable women. No one wants to see our family members sleeping outside.
- Kathy Whilden, Co-Founder, Fund for Homeless Women, Monter, Monterey
