• Riverbend Reading Club

    Riverbend Reading Club is a free program for kids in grades 1st-4th designed to enhance literacy skills.

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  • Child Enrichment 2024-2025 School Year Program

    Affordable before and after-school child care for children in grades K-6.

    Enroll Now

  • Women of Distinction

    Women of Distinction (WOD) celebrates the achievements of incredible women in our community

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    Josephine Marley Beckwith Future Leaders Scholarship

    YWCA empowers young women through the JMBFL Scholarship, honoring Mrs. Beckwith’s dedication to education and equality.

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YWCA is on a mission

YWCA Southwestern Illinois is making it our own!

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To empower women and eliminate racism, we must meet our clients where they are most vulnerable and provide the compassion and services that place them on a path to self-sufficiency and prosperity.

Our vision is that all women and their families can achieve their full potential in a world without discrimination.

This requires a focus on the future, anticipating the needs of our clients, and creating innovative solutions to the problems they most often face – poverty, unsafe living conditions, lack of reliable and affordable childcare, and under- or unemployment.

We are evolving our services to meet the changing needs of our clients today and in the future.