Our mission is to provide homeless women on the Monterey Peninsula supportive resources and a caring community.
Our Center focuses on the most vulnerable women in our community, providing access to nutritious meals, hot showers, clean clothing, case management, and housing navigation, as well as economic development and wellness courses. In 2023 alone, 158 new guests signed up for our programs, a 15% increase from the previous year; 63% of these were under 50; and 20% are families with children. We have already seen over 76 new households in the first six months of 2024. This shows a clear trend in young, female heads of household finding it increasingly difficult to access the resources they need to survive and thrive in Monterey County.
Since the beginning of 2024, our newest program, housing navigation, has successfully housed six women. Our big idea is an expanded case management program including a full-time housing navigator and an additional case manager to provide more women a pathway to a brighter future.
If it wasn’t for the Gathering for Women, I don’t think I would even be here. I feel like they saved my life…They just will help you in every way possible. And they treat you with the most respect...they will listen to you, they will help direct you, they will give you the referral services that you need. And I just feel that this particular organization – the fact that we have them – is life-saving and life-changing.
- GFW Guest Housed in 2023
