The Center for Women and Families has been helping victims of intimate partner abuse and sexual violence since 1912. Originally part of the YWCA, today we are a private nonprofit organization serving 11 Kentuckiana counties: Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer and Trimble counties in Kentucky and Clark, Floyd, Harrison and Scott counties in Indiana. The Center for Women and Families has a national reputation for providing high-quality services and innovative programming to help victims become survivors.
The Center’s Timeline in Brief
- 1912 / Opens small one room office at downtown Louisville YWCA
- 1975 / Begins rape crisis and creative employment programming
- 1977 / Opens the first domestic violence shelter in Kentucky
- 1983 / Establishes services in New Albany, Indiana
- 1988 / Moves to a new more secured downtown Louisville campus on West Breckinridge Street
- 1989 / Incorporates as a private nonprofit organization; opens office in Shelbyville, Kentucky
- 1993 / Opens office in Scottsburg, Indiana
- 1998 / Begins providing transitional housing at West Louisville Campus
- 1999 / Dedicates new Southern Indiana shelter
- 2000 / Launches endowment and capital campaign to fund expansion
- 2005 / Dedicates the Joan E. Thomas, M.D. Campus on Second Street in downtown Louisville
- 2007 / Opens region’s only community-based Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Clinic in partnership with University of Louisville Hospital
- The Center for Women and Families imposes no income eligibility standards on individuals receiving assistance, and eligible participants receive services free of charge.
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