Young Women's Christian Association of Oahu

Education, support and advocacy-provides education and training to women for economic advancement and leadership.

Camping - center where individuals of diverse cultures and religions come together in peace; center allows for cultural, educational and recreational activities.dress for success - provided 173 women with career appropriate attire and provided one-on-one counseling to many of these same women to help them prepare for job interviews. A total of 1588 volunteer hours were contributed for economic advancement programs.

Fernhurst - there were two programs at fernhurst in 2021 as follows:1) homebase transitional housing: provided 2,952 subsidized/discountedhousing nights and 3,992 meals for 23 women and 0 families. Support andservices provided to help them obtain permanent housing. 76% agreedthat one barrier to permanent housing was reduced.2) furlough: work program to facilitate the successful transition forselected women from prison back into the community. This program, whichbecame part of ywca Oahu in july 2015, provided 2,955 resident bednights and 4,582 meals to 14 individual residents. 9 residents workedthrough the program and were released in 2021.

Health & wellness - the ywca offers holistic, sensitive and responsible approaches to important issues of health and wellness at the laniakea and kokokahi locations. We have year-round health and wellness and aquatics programs. Participants range in age from 3 months old for "mommy and me" swim to 90+ years old for tai chi and aqua therapy classes. For 2021 there were 331 health & wellness members and 221 aquatics activity participants. There were additional individuals that participated through the multiple classes available at the ywca.