YWCA South Florida

YWCA South Florida walks alongside women and families to break down barriers and create opportunities to thrive, with a focus on economic prosperity, health and safety, and education. In our 105+ years, we touched more than 4 million lives. By designing programs and responses that break down barriers for those that face the highest barriers, we create pathways for ALL.

Strong Families = Strong Futures

In South Florida, more than half of families are living in poverty or under the United Way ALICE threshold, making difficult choices daily in order to provide for their families and thrive. Female-headed households with children are even more likely to be struggling financially, with increasing costs of housing and childcare being the primary drivers.

We support women and families by wrapping around them with access and opportunities to participate in the economy, have peace of mind for their children, and be empowered to live healthy lives. Our programs include early childhood education (Head Start, Early Head Start), youth afterschool and summer programs, in-courthouse childcare, adult and youth entrepreneurship programs, financial literacy, matched savings, collective learning experiences, breast and cervical cancer screenings, cancer survivor groups, and Black maternal health initiatives. 

Your gift can make a difference for a family. 

• $30 can help buy supplies for YWCA’s classrooms. 
• $60 can enable a parent to advocate for themselves in court by helping offset the cost of childcare during court proceedings.
• $90 can provide a life-saving breast and cervical cancer screening.
• $275 can help a woman gain the skills to access and leverage the modern economy through our digital literacy program.
• $500 can provide a female entrepreneur with a scholarship to WE360 to grow her small business.
• $1,000 can provide eight women with advanced diagnostic exams after a lump is detected.
• $2,000 can help move the needle on Black maternal health outcomes through supporting local doula businesses.
• $3,000 could help grow YWCA South Florida’s community educational programs. 
• $4,000 can reach more kids age 0-5 with high-quality early education.
• $5,000 can provide enriching, multicultural experiences to youth in our afterschool and summer programs.
• $10,000 can catalyze a collective learning program and empower our community with knowledge to act on.

Join our Women's Empowerment Giving Circle:

For over 105 years, YWCA South Florida has been on a mission to serve women and families and promote peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all - but we can’t do it alone. 

Together, we can amplify our time, resources, knowledge and, most of all, impact to make a difference in the lives of our community. Together, we are even more driven to get up and do the work until injustice is rooted out, until institutions are transformed, until the world sees women, girls and people of color the way we do: Equal. Powerful. Unstoppable. 

All of our supporters at the $1,000 or more giving level annually become members of the Women's Empowerment Giving Circle. Take the bold step and declare your support for women and families today!