Empowering Through Economic Advancement
We accomplish our mission via our Women’s Resource Center and Getting Ahead program.
Women's Resource Center
YWCA Great Lakes Bay Region offers a variety of programs at our new Women’s Resource Center that focus on employability and education.
This service is provided by appointment and at no cost. YWCA staff can assist with:- Computer Literacy Skills
- Interviewing Skills
- Job Searching
Getting Ahead is our 10-week workshop offered to women struggling financially and involves a combination of self-examination and economic education. Participants study the patterns of economic class, debt-to-income ratio, hidden rules, language, family structures, and social capital. All participants leave the class with personal economic action plans for success and are eligible for an educational stipend.
The Getting Ahead curriculum creates the foundation for a new mindset for participants living in poverty. This 10-week workshop is followed with support services to assist participants with their economic action plan. These support services include case management, reinforcement of curriculum, employment and education resources and direct assistance.
The curriculum and action plans allow us to engage and empower women to transition out of the cycle of poverty into financial stability.
The Getting Ahead curriculum creates the foundation for a new mindset for participants living in poverty. This 10-week workshop is followed with support services to assist participants with their economic action plan. These support services include case management, reinforcement of curriculum, employment and education resources and direct assistance.
The curriculum and action plans allow us to engage and empower women to transition out of the cycle of poverty into financial stability.
"The Getting Ahead program has given us encouragement, support, and knowledge. Thank you all so very much!"
- 2016 Graduate
2020 Spring Schedule
• Enrollment: February
• 13 Week Program
• Bay County: Rescheduled on Zoom due to state of emergency precautions for COVID-19
• Midland County: Rescheduled on Zoom due to state of emergency precautions for COVID-19
• Saginaw County: Rescheduled on Zoom due to state of emergency precautions for COVID-19
• Graduation: Thursday, June 18