YWCA Week of Action
Throughout the week of August 4th, YWCA Greater Cleveland joined forces with other YWCA associations throughout Ohio and YWCA USA in a national call to action. In addition to creating targeted social media blasts and writing letters to our elected officials, we met with staff members of Ohio’s members of the U.S. Congress—Senators Jon Husted and Bernie Moreno as well as Congresswoman Shontel Brown—to educate them about the daily impact we have on real human lives. Our conversations included information on our programs and services, pertinent data and policy points, and heartfelt testimonies from shelter guests who have benefited from YWCA assistance as they transitioned to permanent housing and self-sufficiency. We encouraged support of the following bills:
HR909 - Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025: A BILL To temporarily provide additional deposits into the Crime Victims Fund.
S1892 - Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025: A bill to clarify that amounts from declinations should be deposited in the Crime Victims Fund and to temporarily provide additional deposits into the Crime Victims Fund.
HR4510 - Healing Partnerships for Survivors Act : A BILL To amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to authorize grants to strengthen relationships between health and wellness providers or systems (including for behavioral health) and community-based sexual assault programs to support survivors of sexual assault across the lifespan of the survivor, and for other purposes.
Overall, we urged our elected officials to protect, defend, and make stronger investments in the federal funding streams that help us meet our community’s needs every day.