Career Path Services - Proactive Success Coaching employment retention program for single moms.
Career Path Services is a workforce development human service nonprofit corporation. Their purpose is to break the spirit of poverty though the dignity of work. Their vision is to empower people, enhance workforce, and enrich community. Since 1971, their passion has been to help people move out of poverty and stay out of poverty.
Proactive Success Coaching (PSC) is a new employment retention program offering participant-centered support customized to meet individuals’ needs. This grant provides single moms with employment retention services to help them achieve and sustain long-term financial stability and success.
Catholic Charities - CAPA/PREPARES (Childbirth and Parenting Assistance), Circle of Security to break cycles of abuse and neglect for families of young children.
Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington affirms the dignity of every person, partnering with parishes and the greater community to serve and advocate for those who are vulnerable, bringing stability and hope to people throughout Eastern Washington.
CAPA/PREPARES (Childbirth and Parenting Assistance) offers stabilizing and advocacy services to expecting and parenting individuals and families with children ages 5 and under. This grant funded Circle of Security to break cycles of abuse and neglect within vulnerable families by identifying their own unhealthy patterns and triggers before they pass them on to their children.
Partners with Families and Children - Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, where parents learn and develop skills and competencies to ensure healthy practices as they grow.
Compelled by the mission to prevent, interrupt and repair cycles of abuse and neglect within families, Partners is a social safety net for abused and neglected children with the capability to provide holistic supportive family services to all families across the Inland Northwest. Everything they do – from evaluation to treatment services for children and families – prevents child abuse, encircles families with security and support, and provides treatment and caring so that families can thrive and children can live healthy, productive lives.
Through Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, families receive trauma-informed wraparound services that provide support for basic health care, safety at home, and daily material needs, as well as to learn and develop skills and competencies to ensure healthy practices as they grow.
Gonzaga University - The Campus Kitchen, a hunger relief program that collects leftover food from campus dining and repurposes that food into healthy meals for those who need it.
The Gonzaga University Center for Community Engagement coordinates community and public service programs, including service-learning courses, community-based volunteer and outreach programs, and external volunteer projects. We offer unlimited opportunities to support causes that matter to you, develop valuable leadership skills and carry out Gonzaga’s Jesuit mission of serving others.
The Campus Kitchen is a hunger relief program that focuses on food recovery, eliminating waste, and building community. The program collects leftover food from campus dining and repurposes that food into healthy meals that get delivered to low-income senior housing, after school programs, and shelters.
Spokane Valley Partners - Food 4 Thought, providing food to more than 450 homeless students.
Spokane Valley Partners work to prevent hunger and poverty alongside great community partners. When local families, vulnerable youth, and impoverished elderly face significant obstacles Spokane Valley Partners is here to provide a safety net for those in need. With roots of compassion dating back over 60 years, they have grown to meet the needs of the community as the largest social services agency in Spokane Valley.​
Through Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, families receive trauma-informed wraparound services that provide support for basic health care, safety at home, and daily material needs, as well as to learn and develop skills and competencies to ensure healthy practices as they grow.
Joya - Enhanced Family Resources Coordination Program, serving children ages 0-3, providing treatment and support to meet the needs of each child and family.
For nearly 60 years, Joya Child & Family Development has been dedicated to helping the most vulnerable and marginalized in our society. This homegrown nonprofit is the only Neurodevelopmental Center of Excellence in eastern Washington. Joya currently serves more than 300 Spokane County children a year with a wide range of developmental delays and disabilities.
Joya's early intervention program serves children ages birth to three, is family-based and operates year-round. Treatment and support is personalized, comprehensive and tailored to meet the individual needs of each child and family. They make programs work for families: They meet families where they are – in their home, daycare, or at their facility – to minimize barriers to care.
Transitions - EduCare, an on-site licensed daycare for homeless or formerly homeless children, providing a supportive environment, nutritional program, and emotional support.
Transitions works to end poverty and homelessness for women and children in Spokane. They pursue this mission through the operation of the Women's Hearth, Transitional Living Center (TLC), EduCare, Miryam's House, New Leaf Kitchen & Café, and Home Yard Cottages.
EduCare is an on-site licensed daycare for the children that reside or are program alumnae (formerly homeless). EduCare provides a developmentally supportive environment, robust nutritional program, and trauma-informed emotional support for infants, toddlers, and preschool-age children.
The Salvation Army - Emergency Receiving Facilities, providing emergency placement for children and transitioning youth who have been removed due to extreme abuse and/or neglect.
The Salvation Army’s Emergency Foster Care placement, Sally’s House and Evangeline’s House are the only receiving facilities in the state providing emergency placement for children and transitioning youth, ages 2-20, who have been removed from their home due to extreme abuse and/or neglect. Specially trained staff are on side to accept children 24/7 for emergency placement. Children are brought to the Salvation Army day or night by local law enforcement or Child Protective Services.
Each child can stay at Sally’s house for three months and Evangeline’s House for 15 days—with a court ordered extension, if needed. The Salvation Army understands that 70% of children in foster care also have siblings in foster care, and they accommodate sibling sets so children can remain together.
Women and Children's Free Restaurant - Nutrition-to-Go, nutritious meals to women and children.
Women & Children’s Free Restaurant (WCFR) is a vital safety net which fills nutritional gaps for women and children in need while fostering dignity and respect, both within their restaurant and in the community.
Nutrition-to-Go’s unique model depends on collaboration with other social service agencies and allows women and children to access nutritious meals a part of another service they receive.
Vanessa Behan - Emergency Respite Care, providing refuge for children and support to strengthen families.
Vanessa Behan helps parents who are having difficulty providing safe shelter and care for their children. They may be dealing with issues as complex as substance abuse, domestic violence and homelessness. Or, they may just be exhausted and worn-out from the demands of parenting. Vanessa Behan’s vision is to provide immediate refuge for children and support to strengthen families.
24 hours a day, 365 days a year hundreds of area families receive free, respite care for children from ages 0-6, for up to 72 hours at a time. This care includes food, clothing, diapers and ensuring all basic needs are met for the children in our care. Most importantly, they receive unconditional love and nurturing care from staff and volunteers. Their program exist to keep their kids safe.
YWCA - Confidential Safe Shelter for domestic violence victims that provides safety, shelter, counseling, case management, education, basic necessities, safety planning, practical and emotional support, and referrals to resources.
YWCA is the oldest and largest women’s organization in the world. YWCA Spokane has served as a source of strength for women and children in the Spokane community for 116 years. On average, we provide services to thousands of women and children annually. Our programs help women escape from domestic violence, get access to legal support, provide a safe place for healing and growth, and grant opportunities for women to learn new skills, increase employment options, and provide access to resources for their children’s education and well-being.
YWCA's goal is to ensure the safety of survivors who are fleeing violence from an intimate partner by providing safe shelter, counseling, case management, education, and basic necessities like food, clothing, personal care items, and transportation. Woman and their children may need a temporary safe place away from their partner’s emotional abuse or violence. For many survivors, the shelter is a place to rest, sort out feelings, decide what is next, and get information and support to make changes. Advocates are available to help with safety planning, practical and emotional support, education around domestic violence and healthy relationships, and referral to community resources.
