Gathering For Women - Monterey

Gfw operates a day center for homeless and housing insecure Women (guests) on the Monterey peninsula. Women receive supportive services including warm meals, hot showers, clothing and personal hygiene items and can take enrichment classes. All services are centered around case management to assess each individuals needs and to connect each guest with other service providers. In 2022, we provided services to 438 individuals including 20,529 hot or take-away meals, 1,507 hot showers, 1,285 visits to the clothes closet, and 779 case management sessions. 41 guests have been housed through our partner organizations.we expanded programming around mental health including meditation, mindful journaling, and group discussions lead by a lmft, in order to address the underlying trauma of homelessness.

Gathering for Women also partners with another local agency (Community Human Services) to provide services to Casa de Noche Buena, a housing first 90-day emergency shelter for single women and families with children, which opened in January 2021. Guests are assigned a room for the duration of their residency. We provide case management and housing navigation for the single women and meals seven days a week for all guests at the shelter, and Community Human Services provides case management for the families and oversees the shelter operations. The partnership draws on both organizations past success.