Downtown Women's Center

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Founded in 1978, the Downtown Women's Center (DWC) is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization that provides 40,000 meals, 47 permanent supportive housing apartments, and a wide array of health, education, and other supportive services to more than 2000 homeless and very low-income women each year. The Center meets our mission by offering a warm, friendly atmosphere that encourages homeless women to commit to their own betterment and healing process. Our supportive community and much-needed resources allow homeless women to reconnect with their sense of self, reclaim goals lost in the day-to-day struggle for survival on the streets, and move toward self-sufficiency. In the local Skid Row community, the Downtown Women's Center is the only resource that is exclusively for and singularly dedicated to serving the unique needs of this population.

DWC is committed to providing every individual woman with the personal support she needs in order to acknowledge her self-worth and dignity. Each woman is cared for and treated with a high level of respect. The Center is nationally recognized as a prototype for unique and effective programs serving homeless women.

Established in 1978, DWC operates out of two beautifully renovated, adjoining buildings located at 325 S. Los Angeles Street:


The Day Center - meals and a wide array of resources for homeless women on a drop-in basis, and
The Residence - 47 single unit apartments providing permanent, affordable, supportive housing to formerly homeless women.


In addition to providing a safe, supportive environment and nutritious meals on a daily basis, DWC offers a wide range of programs and services, including case management, healthcare, literacy, and arts workshops. Because we care for the whole woman, DWC strives to create a warm, respectful, and supportive community for all who walk through our doors. The DWC community enjoys a variety of social activities, including outings, monthly themed birthday parties led by the volunteer-run Birthday Guild, and holiday celebrations.

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supportive services, homeless women

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Local Muslim women's group helps needy Inland Valley Daily Bulletin; 9/17/2009 ...Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Chino at their new mosque collected last weekend over 300 pounds of food for the downtown women's center food pantry in Los Angeles which serves homeless women. The group plans to continue collecting nonperishable... ...more

From the Chino Valley Now blog, September 11 Inland Valley Daily Bulletin; 9/10/2009 ...be at 5 p.m. at the Baitul Hamid Mosque, 11941 Ramona Ave., in Chino. The collected food will go to the Downtown Women's Center, a food pantry in Los Angeles. School honored by city St. Margaret Mary School has been selected as a 2009... ...more

Downtown Women's Center.(NON-PROFIT)(appointments of Judith Reichman and Shelly Strong )(Brief article) Los Angeles Business Journal; 6/15/2009 Downtown Women's Center, a downtown L.A. non-profit organization providing housing and services to homeless women, has elected Judith Reichman and... ...more