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we assist people in all<br />
aspects of trying to<br />
stay at home or for the<br />
transition into other<br />
assisted living situations.<br />
We serve senior and disabled adults so that<br />
they can maximize their choices for independence,<br />
comfort, safety, security and well-being with information<br />
and support for decision-making and also<br />
direct services such as home care, adult day care,<br />
senior centers, home repair, and more.” Resources<br />
for Seniors is always looking for volunteers to<br />
help with its many programs. For more information,<br />
visit www.resourcesforseniors.com or<br />
call 919.872.7933. Their offices are located at 1110<br />
Navaho Dr., Suite 400.<br />
Women’s Center of Wake County<br />
Filling a critical need, the en’s Center of Wake County has<br />
Womliams,<br />
Executive Director of the<br />
addressed a unique niche for<br />
women and young children<br />
in Wake County since 1977.<br />
According to Dr. Jean Wil-<br />
Women’s Center, “We serve some<br />
of the most fragile and vulnerable in our community.<br />
We are on the front lines in helping them<br />
survive. The hardest part of our work is inadequate<br />
financial resources to prevent women and children<br />
from becoming homeless and addressing increasing<br />
nu<strong>mb</strong>ers who are no longer being served as a<br />
result of cuts to our local public human services<br />
agencies.” Williams cites state cuts to the Wake<br />
County budget for childcare vouchers to assist<br />
homeless families so that mothers could search for<br />
employment. Williams also says that “there is also<br />
the growing challenge of single women with mental<br />
health issues that are not receiving the care they<br />
need as a result of mental health reform. Mental<br />
health reform is not working and it is time to stop<br />
and revise how this care will be done in our state<br />
and local communities.” In the last year, the Center<br />
assisted over 2,000 critically at-risk people and has<br />
recently seen a 20 percent increase in those seeking<br />
help. One third of the total were children, mostly<br />
under six years old. Providing basic needs services,<br />
assessment, stabilization, housing placement, and<br />
support services allows the staff to create a bridge<br />
between hopelessness and despair. The Day Shelter<br />
insures that women and children have a safe place<br />
during the day where they can escape from the cold,<br />
heat, rain or other inclement weather. Furthering<br />
the call for need, these services are often a portal to<br />
other support mechanisms such as recovery readiness<br />
for substance abusers, mental health treatment<br />
and housing assistance. For more information, visit<br />
www.wcwc.org or call 919.829.3711.<br />
6 <strong>Raleigh</strong> DOWNTOWNeR MagaziNe | Downtown raleigH’s PreMier MontHlY | VoluMe 6, issue 11
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