The Center for Women and Families

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The Center for Women and Families has been serving the Louisville area since 1912. Originally a YWCA, The Center is now a private non-profit agency serving fourteen counties in Kentucky and Indiana. Since 1975, the Rape Crisis Program has offered care to victims of rape and sexual assault. In the same year, the Creative Employment Program (part of Family and Community Support Programs) was established to provide non-traditional job training and placement to low-income women. In 1977, the Domestic Violence Program opened as the first domestic violence shelter in Kentucky. The program also provided case management and legal advocacy services. In 1980, hospital advocates began offering care at the hospitals to rape and domestic violence victims. In 1983, The Center for Women and Families opened an outreach office in New Albany, Indiana, allowing The Center to serve seven Southern Indiana counties; Floyd, Clark, Scott, Orange, Crawford, Harrison and Washington. In 1987, the Transitional Housing program began. Four apartments opened, allowing some families extra time and help reentering the community.

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SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY WOMEN TAKE BACK NIGHT US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/28/2009 ...However, Caitlyn Kennedy, director of the Center for Women and Families, emphasizes that this is not solely a women...families of domestic violence. On Wednesday, the Center for Women and Families will be hosting a women's only hands-on... ...more