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YWCA Jamestown Receives $600,000 Federal Grant for Supervised Visitation Program

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Nick Langworthy (NY-23) announced a federal grant from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Violence...

YWCA Jamestown Hosts largest Women of Achievement Celebration in 25 year history!

YWCA Jamestown hosted over 120 community members at this year’s Women Of Achievement Celebration. Presented by Alliance for NonProfit...

Women's History Month- One YWCA Shero's Lifelong Commitment To Our Kids.

If your infant was in the care of YWCA Jamestown, and then went on to be a particularly well-rounded and confident adult, it was surely...

It's Women's History Month And We Are Honoring Our Own Sheroes!

Nanci Okerlund was fortunate to have grown up in a stable, loving family where every stray and outcast she brought home to care for was...

The Fisher Family

Marisa and Eric were career novices and living in downtown Jamestown when their son, Elias, was born. A paramedic at the time, Marisa...

Becky's Story

Twenty-two years ago, Becky was 17-years-old and a new mother. She had recently lost her own mother and was estranged from her father....