YWCA of Calgary
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2005 Statistical Summary (YWCA Sheriff King Home)

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EMERGENCY SHELTER
The YWCA Sheriff King Home is a 38-bed/21-day stay emergency shelter for women and children fleeing domestic violence. We provide shelter, food, individual & group counselling, follow-up services and referrals at no cost to clients. Each client is assessed to determine the appropriateness of the shelter as a temporary home--with safety of both the prospective family and the other families already in the shelter as a key-determining factor. After the initial assessment and intake, our main focus is to provide the essentials: safety, food & support. We also address confidentiality, Danger & Risk Assessment, safety planning for the whole family, and focus on basic trauma work. The immediate goal of the shelter services is to move the family out of the crisis state to feel safer and calmer.

COUNSELLING & OUTREACH
When you support the YWCA of Calgary, your donations provide direct opportunities for women and children to stabilize their lives and move from crisis to economic stability and healthy life choices, through these programs and services:

  • Shelter Information Line: 266-4111
  • 24-Hour Crisis Line: 266-0707
  • Group & Individual Therapy for Women who have been abused
  • Group & Individual Therapy for Men who have been abusive
  • Counselling & Trauma Treatment Programs for Children & Teens
  • Equine Therapy for teens
  • Parenting classes
  • Court Preparation Programs
  • Community Safe Visitation
  • Speaking For Themselves Program, legal/counselling program for children in partnership with Children's Legal & Educational Resource Centre
  • Families & Schools Against Abuse counselling programs
  • 38-bed facility with common kitchen, living room, teen room, and children's play area (indoor and outdoor)
  • Large Play Therapy Room and Play Area
  • Full-time housekeeping and laundry service
  • Full-time chef and kitchen for 3 nutritious meals and all day healthy snacks
  • Medical assistance, intervention & support (VON nurse on site)
  • Life skills learning (cooking, budgeting, decision-making, cleaning, infant care, living on your own skills, etc)
  • Emergency Transportation (bus passes, transit)
  • Access to donations room for gently used and new clothing and outerwear
  • New Toys for children
  • Personal hygiene products
  • Starter Kit Hampers with food/vouchers, personal items and clothes for women and children leaving the shelter
  • Referrals to other community resources, such as AADAC, CCASA, dental care,
  • Development of positive peer relationships
  • Recreation activities (hosted visits to the zoo, theatre, movies, etc.)
  • Outreach Services in the community
  • Advocacy & support

FOR MORE INFORMATION
YWCA Sheriff King Home
2003 - 16 Street SE
Phone: (403) 266-4111
Fax: (403) 262-1743
Email: sheriffk@ywcaofcalgary.com

2005 STATISTICAL SUMMARY

Number Served
Description of Services
4,871

Women, children and men served through integrated & specialized family violence programming. (3,706 persons off HOMES database + 517 children in shelter not in HOMES database + 230 (227 women & 3 men) from Court Prep + 418 partners of men in group).
6,954

Calls responded to on our 24-hour crisis line totaling 1,390 hours of service. (Hours of service estimated at 10 minutes per call; 3,562 crisis calls; 3,392 calls for information).
907

907 Women & children sheltered (390 women & 517 children) fleeing domestic violence (2,641 women and children who requested shelter were turned away due to lack of room). Average stay was 13.32 nights. 65% of women accessing the YWCA Sheriff King Home Shelter in 2005 were assessed to be at high to extremely high danger on the Danger Assessment Scale (Campbell, J. C. (1995). Assessing Dangerousness . Newbury Park: Sage).
943

Children (517 shelter+ 426 non-residential) impacted by family violence received assessment, intervention, prevention and counseling services.
179

Parents & children received 2,128.75 hours of family outreach counseling services.
430

Parents participated in 776 hours of family violence parenting counseling delivered onsite and in 7 community locations.
359

Women & their families were supported in 8 community locations through 5,422 hours of follow-up & outreach counseling, support & advocacy.
1,194

Men & women wanting to break the cycle of violence participated in 2,526 hours of group counseling.
210

Men & women received 2,075.50 hours of counseling support through individual trauma & multi-cultural counseling.
236

Parents & children accessed our Community Safe Visitation Program, the first of its kind in Alberta.
5,304

Calls responded to for information regarding the Community Safe Visitation Program.
331

Volunteers provided 11,484 hours of service through activities ranging from knitting Worry Dolls for children to volunteering their professional counseling services.
148.5 hours

Delivered of public education in the community through workshops & family violence education sessions.
110.5 hours

Directed to student supervision.
3,587 hours

Hours dedicated by staff to measuring program outcomes.