• ExtraGive

    Thank you to everyone who donated, shared, and supported YWCA Lancaster during ExtraGive 2024. Because of YOU, we can continue our mission to eliminate racism, empower women, and uplift families across our community.

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Empowering Change.

We did it—together!

Your support fuels our mission, allowing us to meet the challenges ahead with confidence and purpose. Together, we are eliminating racism, empowering women, and building a community where every individual is valued and uplifted.

Here’s to empowering change and making a difference, today and every day.

YWCA Lancaster is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.

Our Programs ↘

YWCA Lancaster works with you to provide programming that meets community needs, and centers marginalized individuals and families, especially women and girls of color, while working to challenge structural barriers to equity.

  • Center for Racial and Gender Equity

    CRGE engages in advocacy and education to turn our mission into action through community learning.

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  • Sexual Assault Prevention and Counseling Center

    No cost counseling and advocacy for anyone impacted by sexual abuse, harassment and assault.

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  • Child Enrichment

    Our award-winning childcare programs prepare the next generation to create change.

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  • New Choices

    New Choices provides no cost career development classes to help people in transition achieve goals.

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  • Kepler Hall Residence Program

    The longest-running affordable housing program in the county, providing a safe home for all.

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  • Mama La Lechera Postpartum Support Group

    A weekly meet-up and support group for breastfeeding, chestfeeding and bodyfeeding persons

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Become a Member Today ↘

Anyone who supports YWCA Lancaster with a gift of funds, time (volunteering), ideas (committee participation, etc.), or more is a member. Your membership helps guide and shape our work!

Benefits of being a YWCA member include:

  • Access to exclusive action items and policy updates for Lancaster County

  • Priority registration for big events like Race Against Racism, Women of Achievement, and more

Reach Out ↘

YWCA Lancaster provides direct services, empowerment programming, and advocacy to support marginalized individuals and families, especially women and girls of color, while working to challenge structural barriers to equity.

  • I Need Help

    Connect with our services: affordable housing, sexual assault counseling, and more.

  • I Want To Help

    Join our mission as a volunteer, committee member, or more!

Community Impact ↘

YWCA Lancaster provides direct services, empowerment programming, and advocacy to support marginalized individuals and families, especially women and girls of color, while working to challenge structural barriers to equity.

  • Economic Advancement

    YWCA’s employment training, career navigation, job search support, paid internships, and financial classes help low-wage workers build economic security.

  • Homelessness & Housing

    YWCA’s eviction prevention, rental assistance, affordable housing, and basic needs programs, such as food and hygiene, help low-income households find stability.

  • Safety & Health Access

    YWCA’s emergency shelter for DV survivors, health access programs, and gender-based violence advocacy help protect the well-being of women and families.

5,500+

people received services from our Sexual Assault Prevention and Counseling Center in 2023

3,000+

children received quality affordable childcare across two school districts in 2023

100+

community members received anti-bias and anti-racism training in 2023

What’s Happening

The latest updates from YWCA Lancaster

It Takes Courage

Together we can meet our mission.

Support our mission for gender equality and racial justice ↘

$10

Supports our mission

$50

Provides a welcome kit for a new resident

$150

Provides Racial Equity Institute scholarships

$250

Supports a counseling session for victim survivors