ATIRA WOMEN'S RESOURCE SOCIETY — Quick View

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Reporting period ending: 2020-03-31

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THE SOCIETY OPERATES NINE HOUSING PROGRAMS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THE WHITE ROCK AND SURREY COMMUNITIES, ON IN BURNABY, ONE IN RICHMOND AND 15 IN VANCOUVER. THE SOCIETY ALSO CONTRACTS OUT OPERATIONS OF 21 ADDITIONAL SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS TO ATIRA PROPERTY MANAGEMENT INC. THE SOCIETY PROVIDES SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE WITNESSED AND/OR EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE AND OR ABUSE, A LEGAL ADVOCACY PROGRAM, OUTREACH PROGRAMS OR WOMEN WHO ARE FIRST NATIONS, METIS AND OR INUIT, SUPPORT TO HIGH RISK PREGNANT AND EARLY PARENTING WOMEN, OUTREACH TO WOMEN WHO ARE HOMELESS OR AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS, TO WOMEN WHO ARE PREGNANT AND HOMELESS AND TO WOMEN WHO ARE OLDER AND WOMEN WHO ARE YOUNGER. THE SOCIETY ALSO OPERATES TWO CHILDCARE CENTRES, ONE IN RICHMOND AND ONE IN SURREY AND IS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND REDEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE METRO VANCOUVER AREA, AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF DAYCARE CENTRES. HOUSING INCLUDES: THREE FIRST STAGE TRANSITION HOUSES; THREE SECOND STAGE TRANSITION HOUSE PROGRAMS; ONE SHORT-TERM/TRANITIONAL HOUSE PROGRAMAT A SHELTER; THREE EMERGENCY SHELTERS; EIGHT LONG-TERM HOUSING PROGRAMS; A SHORT-TERM HOUSING PROGRAM FOR YOUNG WOMEN; INTERGENERATION HOUSING PROGRAM; END-OF-LIFE PROGRAM FOR WOMEN IN THE DTES; AND SHELTER FOR WOMEN WHO ARE PREGNANT AND EARLY PARENTING.

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