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The Women We Serve
"My husband abandoned me
and our two children after 22 years of marriage.
I was suddenly the family's breadwinner, even though I have been out
of school for nearly two decades and had no relevant job skills.
My life was out of control and I didn't know where to turn." Mary.
The Women WWIN
serves:
- Average gross annual
income is $10,300 or less.
- 38% have dependent
children under the age of 18 living with them.
- 30% of women with
dependent children are receiving child support.
Since 1992 when
WWIN was founded, the need for its services has steadily increased.
The current status
of health care in Washington
provides low-income women with few options for health insurance
coverage or affordable dental care. Community mental health clinics do
offer an option for mental health care for some low-income women, but
they differ from WWIN programs in an important respect: WWIN provides a
straight grant to cover a total of 24 visits and up to one year with a
therapist of the client's choosing.
For women returning
to school to update outdated education, or women pursuing new training
to compete in the fast changing job market of today, grants and
scholarships are scarce.
For all of these
reasons, the mission of Washington Women In Need is as relevant and necessary
today as it was in 1992.
For evidence of the
urgent need for the unique services WWIN provides, simply ask the over
300 women we fund each year, or the hundreds more who call us for help
and must be refused. When a woman asks where else she can find the kind
of support WWIN provides, with all of the flexibility and choice WWIN
offers, sadly and frustratingly the answer seems to be
"nowhere."
No other program
pays for their clients' choice of doctors, dentists, and counselors. No
other program pays health insurance premiums in an era when health care
costs are increasing without limit. No other programs afford low-income
women the level of power, choice, and self-determination that WWIN
provides.
2285 116th Avenue NE, Suite 100, Bellevue,
WA 98004
Phone: 425-451-8838.
Toll Free: 888-440-WWIN
Email: wwininfo@wawomeninneed.org
webmaster@wawomeninneed.org
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