Walnut Avenue Women's Center
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| General Agency Information | |||
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| Name: | Walnut Avenue Women's Center | ||
| Alternate Name(s): | Walnut Avenue Womens Center WAWC | ||
| Address: | 303 Walnut Avenue Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Driving Directions | ||
| Primary Phone: | 831-426-3062 | ||
| Fax Number: | 831-426-3070 | ||
| Email Address: | info@wawc.org | ||
| Website: | www.wawc.org | ||
| Days/Hours of Operation/Phone: | Monday-Friday, 9-5 | ||
| Description: | The Walnut Avenue Women's Center is a 501(c)3 public benefit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for women, children, and families in the local community for over 75 years. Through interactive, supportive programs, WAWC seeks to improve the economic, physical, and emotional well being of all families in Santa Cruz County. | ||
| Mission: | To provide high quality support and services so that women, children, and families will have to opportunities and skills to thrive. | ||
| Programs: | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES
24-Hour Bilingual Crisis Hotline: 1-866-269-2559 Clinical Counseling Community Education Emergency Interim Shelter Internships Legal Advocacy One-on-One Peer Advocacy Support Groups Career Advancement Workshops YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES Life Skills Workshops: The Healthy Relationship Workshop I Decide- a comprehensive sex education program Live in Your Skin- a media awareness and body image workshop Mentoring: One on One Mentoring Youth Adventures Club(YAC)-a weekly summer adventure program Support Groups: GirlZpace Girl Talk Wise Guys FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAMS-help children and families achieve academic and social success by enriching language development The Even Start Family Literacy Program is a community partnerships that help break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy by integrating early childhood education, adult literacy or adult basic education, and parenting education into a unified family literacy program. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION Downtown Children's Center: serves children ages 2.5 to entering kindergarten. TAPP Infant Center (Teen Age Parent Program): serves infants of teen parents who are students in the Santa Cruz City School District. TAM Infant/Toddler Center serves ages 2 months to two and 1/2 years. This site serves both teen parents and community parents. 429-3050 ASSOCIATED PROGRAMS: African American Community Health Project: "Healthy for Life", a series of health education lectures promoting healthy choices including nutrition, disease prevention and maintenance. Includes: "Sisters Reaching Sisters" & "Reaching Brothers", tailored peer outreach promoting early cancer detection & screening. "Juneteenth Health Fair", annual community health forum including general health information and free health screening held at Louden Center Resource Library, support groups, 1 to 1 trained peer health outreach workers, university interns, community, church and salon outreach. Office hours: Tuesday/Thursday 9-4pm Meetings: 1 Friday evening per quarter 7p.m SMART Single Moms Alliance for Resources and Tools to support and inspire single moms to identify their goals and take action to achieve individual success, confidence and economic independence. The California Center of Excellence for Trauma Informed Care program trains professionals and provides information and support to social service agencies to help them better understand the impact of trauma on the brain, decision-making and coping, and design programs, policies and procedures to respond effectively to traumatized individuals and populations. COMMUNITY AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT oversees Daily operations (including the Front Office, Food Pantry and Basic Needs Support for WAWC Program Participants) Fundraising & Marketing Information systems Corporate & Community relations Volunteer recruitment & training Special Events Agave Agape, Tequila Tasting & Auction Fundraiser Human Race Strawberry Festival Hot Rods for Kids Back to School Drive Turkey Drive Adopt A Family | ||
| Volunteer Info: | Volunteer Coordinator, Denise Gonsalves, ext. 221
dgonsalves@wawc.org | ||
| Languages other than English: | Spanish | ||
| Accommodations for Disabled: | Wheelchair Access | ||
| Public Transportation: | Available Within Four Blocks | ||
| Eligibility: | Call for Information | ||
| Fees: | Call for Information | ||
| Areas Served: | Santa Cruz County | ||
| Physical Location: | Santa Cruz | ||
| Officials | |||
Jen O'Brien-Rojo | |||
| Related Agencies | |||
| Child Agencies: | Walnut Avenue Women's Center Domestic Violence Services Walnut Avenue Women's Center Downtown Children's Center | ||
| Subject Headings | |||
| Book Loan Breast Cancer Clothing Domestic Violence Support Groups English as a Second Language Families and Individuals Needing Support Family Counseling Family Literacy Programs Health Related Support Groups Hiking Literacy Instruction Parenting Education Parenting/Family Support Groups Preschools Private Nonprofits Teen Parent/Pregnant Teen Education Programs Teen Parenting Education Teenage Parents Volunteer Opportunities Youth Development | |||
| This record last modified January 25, 2013 | |||
