The Women’s Resource Center needs your help.
80% of our operating budget comes from government sources. Which means 80% of our funding is uncertain right now. We have already started feeling the impacts: contracts not yet renewed, funding applications for grants we rely on pulled from federal websites. Funding that:
- helps us pay for five transitional housing apartments, utilities, and case management for survivors just getting back on their feet after fleeing abuse;
- supports our LGBTQ Advocacy program, ensuring that all people escaping abusive relationships have access to the supports they need to find safety and healing;
- supports prevention programming, our efforts to create a future where domestic violence no longer exists.
Will these contracts ultimately be renewed? Will the grant solicitations be open again? We don’t know. Perhaps. But we will not chance losing these critical programs—or ANY of our programs that are funded through federal grants.
We are looking to you-- our generous community supporters-- to help us in this moment. We need your help to ensure that our services continue and that we are here for the survivors that need us, regardless of shifts in federal funding priorities.
We know you are an ally and a champion of the Women’s Resource Center. We know that you believe in our work. We know you understand how critical it is that victims of abuse have the supports they need to achieve a life free from violence.
Please stand with us today. Please invest in the future: of survivors’ lives, of the WRC, of our community. Stand with us, and let’s make the audacious impact we know we can.
Sincerely,
Jessica Walsh
Executive Director
The mission of the Women’s Resource Center (WRC) is to empower survivors by providing trauma-informed services with equity and compassion while working collaboratively with the community to eliminate the root causes of interpersonal abuse.
Founded in 1977, the WRC has a long history of providing a full range of free and confidential, direct services to survivors of domestic violence. WRC addresses the physical, mental, and social well-being of its clients through programs that empower victims with compassionate, comprehensive services.
For those who have been abused and their children, the WRC's services can be life-altering, even lifesaving. Our professional, supportive staff assists victims in navigating the psychological, logistical, and legal complexities inherent in domestic violence situations. Services include 24/7 hotline, crisis intervention, court and law enforcement advocacy, emergency shelter and transitional housing, individual mental health counseling, support groups, prevention and outreach.
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Women's Resource Center
PO Box 3204
Newport, RI 02840