About

YWCA Northwestern Illinois has provided women's empowerment programming and advocacies since 1891. The organization now serves more than 13,500 women, children, and families each month through childcare subsidy, quality childcare access and improvement resources, YWCA La Voz Latina's Hispanic and Latino community support and resources, the YWCA Literacy Council literacy instruction and programming for adult learners, and community racial justice work that promotes a clear commitment to equality. YWCA Northwestern Illinois delivers its mission, 'eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all,' to women and families in the six-county area of Boone, Jo Daviess, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson, and Winnebago, Illinois.