Appropriating $25,000.00 Community Development Block Grant Fund Young Women's Christian Association

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CITY of SOUTH BEND PETER J. NEMETH, Mayor COUNTY -CITY BUILDING SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Jon R. Hunt Director M E M O R A N D U M V. LaMar Wilson Deputy Director • IS • 3 ° i • Y �ba��o�a • 1440 County -City Building South Bend, Indiana 46601 219/284 -9335 TO: MEMBERS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL FROM: JON R. HUNT D� SUBJECT: 1979 CDBG APPROPRIATION (ACQUISITION OF REAL ESTATE FOR WOMEN'S SHELTER) DATE: NOVEMBER 13, 1979 The Division of Community Development is presenting for your consideration a bill appropriating $25,000 to be used by the Young Women's Christian Association of St. Joseph County for acquisition of real estate for a "Women's Shelter." The YWCA opened the present "Women's Shelter" in April of 1978. Since its inception, the shelter has assisted two hundred eighty nine (289) women and three hundred three (303) children who have been victims of domestic violence. The project is designed to meet the crisis which occurs within the home as a result of violence and to protect those persons whose health, safety, and /or welfare is endangered with primary emphasis on those cases requiring extensive social and /or mental health services for resolution. The family is the focus for the service impact with services being available to whoever is affected by the violence. The program provides twenty four (24) hour intake and supportive services with one to three staff members present at all times. The current shelter can accommodate ten (10) to twelve (12) women and children at any one time. The average length of stay is generally seven days. The demand for "Women's Shelter" services has proved to far exceed capacity. Statistics show that an average of twenty clients must be turned down per month because of lack of space. Consequently, the Y.W.C.A.