YWCA of Central Massachusetts
Worcester, MA
United States
The YWCA plans to renovate and reconfigure its headquarters at One Salem Square in downtown Worcester, ensuring the organization can continue offering its broad range of vital and high-quality services to low-income families in the decades to come. The YWCA has operated out of the five-story, 71,528 square foot brick building for over half a century, and there were minimal capital improvements done during that time. The renovation will expand capacity for all program areas, provide substantial building and system upgrades, and make the facility a more welcome and accessible community resource.
The YWCA provides emergency shelter for domestic abuse victims, transitional housing for low-income women, education for parenting teens, and early education and childcare for working families, 70% of whom pay a subsidized rate. Each year, services are provided to approximately 15,000 individuals of all ages from varied cultural and economic backgrounds.