Women Aware

Category: Human Services


This Year's Project: Moving On In - Homeless to Housed Stabilization Strategies for Individuals & Families


About Our Organization

Women Aware's mission is to transform the emotional and economic future of individuals in transition through a comprehensive service delivery program of advocacy, education, information and referral. A special emphasis is placed on increasing financial stability and maximizing the earning capacity of single heads of households.



Current Project: Moving On In - Homeless to Housed Stabilization Strategies for Individuals & Families




Moving On In

Homeless to Housed Stabilization Strategies for Individuals & Families

Women Aware is a non-profit organization which has operated and assisted the Siouxland area for 44 years. Since 1979, Women Aware has helped individuals and families in transition solve problems and navigate social systems associated with education, financial stability, employment, housing, and also the emotional support and advocacy through referral services with other non-profit organizations in the Siouxland chain of support agencies.

Women Aware has assisted homeless clients with household items, such as pots, pans, plates, cups, cleaning supplies, etc. in order to ready themselves into a housed situation. This has been called Moving On in the past. Starting around 2007, this assistance has allowed the newly rehomed to have their new space truly feel like a home. The majority of our clients whom we help house have no income or fixed incomes and rely on SNAP food assitance programs. Most live in areas that are considered food deserts with limited transportation. Women Aware wants to provide an appliance they can utilize to cook food in their home. Women Aware is one of the only agencies in the Siouxland area to provide such a service. In order for those leaving a homeless situation to thrive and keep moving forward, they need to feel at home in their new environment.

Project Goal: To enable the newly rehomed clients to be able to set up a home in which they can improve their quality of life by doing normal things such as cooking a meal in the peace of their quiet place. (Chefman Sandwich Press and Chefman Electric Contact Grill are $16.84. With $2,500 we would be able to include a Grill/Sandwich Press in 148 Moving On In Baskets.) 

Strategies: 

1. Provide an intake service to assess financial, housing, emotional and employment needs.

2. Assist clients in obtaining any personal documents needed such as birth certificates, ID's, & Social Security Cards to ascertain employment/housing goals.

3. Assist clients with housing paperwork with the local Sioux City Housing Authority as well as assisting in looking for a place to rent in the Siouxland area.

4. Provide Moving On In essentials, including a small countertop kitchen appliance, to those leaving the realm of homelessness/unhoused situations for support in this time of transition.



Past Projects

  • Individual and Family Financial Stabilization Strategies


    Project Details

    Women Aware is a non-profit organization, which has been in operation for 43 years. Women Aware has assisted thousands of Siouxlanders in their efforts to transform and stabilize their lives, families, and futures. We at Women Aware provide supportive, comprehensive adovcacy services to individuals and families in transition to problem solve in the areas of education, financial stability, employment, housing, and emotional support and advocacy. 

    Project Goal: To assist clients in improving their quality of life by obtaining employment, budgeting, housing (as needed), and emotional support and advocacy

    Strategies:

    1. Provide intake services to assess financial, emotional, housing, and employment needs

    2. Assist clients in obtaining professional certifications for qualifying positions/employment

    3. Assist clients in budgeting of finance and time management

    4. Provide advocacy services as needed to assist clients in improving and sustaining quality of life, which includes employment, housing, budgeting and emotional/social support



  • Strategies for Stability


    Project Details

    Women Aware is a United Way agency that works to connect women and men who are living “on the edge” to the resources they need to become productive and stable members of the community. We have been able to offer our comprehensive resource and referral services for 42 years, due in large part to your support of our mission, which is to help families chart a course toward a more financially secure future.

    Being a Women Aware donor means you are helping to transform the emotional and economic future of someone in our community – not just a quick fix. We provide a supportive environment that helps people address the underlying causes of poverty and helps guide them out of a pattern of living from crisis to crisis, to a more financially secure and stable future.

    Project Intent/Purpose: To help individuals/families develop a comprehensive transportation plan and provide eligible households assistance to access a well-developed network of area agencies and organizations designed to address issues of: employment, medical care, emergency assistance, education, and other critical resources.

    Project Goals:

    A) To improve the quality of life for financially disadvantaged individuals/families, by facilitating access to critical, supportive resources.

    B) To create and implement a comprehensive transportation plan, which includes the combination of two or more types of transportation, including: a bus pass, gas card (for personal vehicle or carpooling), and rides from extended family/friends/neighbors/ volunteers.

    C) To assist participants in obtaining/securing government photo identification (State IDs or Tribal Enrollment IDs), certified Birth Certificates/Certificates of Marriage, bus passes, gas cards, and credit reports.



  • Strategies for Stability


    Project Details

    Women Aware is a United Way agency that works to connect women and men who are living “on the edge” to the resources they need to become productive and stable members of the community. We have been able to offer our comprehensive resource and referral services for 41 years, due in large part to your support of our mission, which is to help families chart a course toward a more financially secure future. 

    Being a Women Aware donor means you are helping to transform the emotional and economic future of someone in our community – not just a quick fix.  We provide a supportive environment that helps people address the underlying causes of poverty and helps guide them out of a pattern of living from crisis to crisis, to a more financially secure and stable future. 

    Project Intent/Purpose: To help individuals/families develop a comprehensive transportation plan and provide eligible households assistance to access a well-developed network of area agencies and organizations designed to address issues of: employment, medical care, emergency assistance, education, and other critical resources.

    Project Goals:

    A)   To improve the quality of life for financially disadvantaged individuals/families, by facilitating  access to critical, supportive resources.

     

    B)   To create and implement a comprehensive transportation plan, which includes the combination of two or more types of transportation, including: a bus pass, gas card (for personal vehicle or carpooling), and rides from extended family/friends/neighbors/ volunteers.

     

    C)   To assist participants in obtaining/securing government photo identification (State IDs or Tribal Enrollment IDs), certified Birth Certificates/Certificates of Marriage, bus passes, gas cards, and credit reports. 

     



  • Strategies for Stability


    Project Details

    Women Aware is a United Way agency that works to connect women and men who are living “on the edge” to the resources they need to become productive and stable members of the community. We have been able to offer our comprehensive resource and referral services for 38 years, due in large part to your support of our mission, which is to help families chart a course toward a more financially secure future. 

    Being a Women Aware donor means you are helping to transform the emotional and economic future of someone in our community – not just a quick fix.  We provide a supportive environment that helps people address the underlying causes of poverty and helps guide them out of a pattern of living from crisis to crisis, to a more financially secure and stable future. 

    Project Intent/Purpose: To help individuals/families develop a comprehensive transportation plan and provide eligible households assistance to access a well-developed network of area agencies and organizations designed to address issues of: employment, medical care, emergency assistance, education, and other critical resources.

    Project Goals:

    A)   To improve the quality of life for financially disadvantaged individuals/families, by facilitating  access to critical, supportive resources.

     

    B)   To create and implement a comprehensive transportation plan, which includes the combination of two or more types of transportation, including: a bus pass, gas card (for personal vehicle or carpooling), and rides from extended family/friends/neighbors/ volunteers.

     

    C)   To assist participants in obtaining/securing government photo identification (State IDs or Tribal Enrollment IDs), certified Birth Certificates/Certificates of Marriage, bus passes, gas cards, and credit reports. 

     



  • Strategies for Stability


    Project Details

    Women Aware is a United Way agency that works to connect women and men who are living “on the edge” to the resources they need to become productive and stable members of the community. We have been able to offer our comprehensive resource and referral services for 38 years, due in large part to your support of our mission, which is to help families chart a course toward a more financially secure future. 

    Being a Women Aware donor means you are helping to transform the emotional and economic future of someone in our community – not just a quick fix.  We provide a supportive environment that helps people address the underlying causes of poverty and helps guide them out of a pattern of living from crisis to crisis, to a more financially secure and stable future. 







$2,775 Raised of $2,500 goal
$0 $2,500
22 Donors
Women Aware

505 5th Street #422
Sioux City, IA 51101

 
(712) 258-4174

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