YWCA

The YWCA Emergency Shelter is the largest shelter for women and children in the state of North Dakota and Northwest Minnesota and provides 45-day emergency shelter for women and children experiencing homelessness and/or domestic violence. The shelter is a safe, locked facility with a capacity of 65 that is staffed by trained professionals 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. There are 27 sleeping rooms, all of which are handicap accessible, as well as a family room on the first floor for families with boys over the age of 15. Along with housing, the shelter provides emergency food, personal items, transportation assistance, information and referral services, emotional support, onsite licensed childcare, and education & employment programming.