our mission

• YW CARES will empower survivors of crime ages 17-24 by providing compassionate, individualized support through advocacy, education, and self-care.

our objectives

1. 
   
   Provides trauma-focused programming to address victimization for individuals between the ages of 17-24 years of age, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
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   For survivors of crime to have access to services with low to no barriers
2. Services provided are customized to reflect the goals and needs expressed by each survivor
3. Provides individualized self-care classes to help survivors address and manage trauma
   
   Offers victim advocacy services to ALL survivors of crime, OF ANY AGE, after 5:00 PM, on weekends and holidays and will refer survivors to on-going services the following business day
   
   Now all services are available in-person or virtually, dependent on the survivors request