What We Do - YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee

For 125 years, YWCA has helped women, children and families in Nashville and Middle Tennessee build safer, more self-sufficient lives.

We do this by operating the largest domestic violence shelter in Tennessee so women, children, and their pets fleeing abuse can heal. We empower youth to break down negative gender stereotypes through Girls Inc. and AMEND Together. We provide the tools needed to become successful in work and life through Dress for Success and the Family Learning Center. Our programs are FREE to the thousands of people we serve each year and are offered to everyone.

A counselor answers our Domestic Violence Crisis Support Helpline

Domestic Violence Services

We help break the cycle of abuse by offering the largest DV shelter in TN, a 24-hour crisis line, transitional housing, counseling, and education.

Elementary students from our Girls Inc. program

Girls Inc. at YWCA Nashville & Middle TN

Inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold, Girls Inc. uses a hands-on curriculum to impact hundreds of students in Nashville each year.

AMEND Together

Our primary prevention program challenges a culture that supports violence against women and cultivates healthy masculinity in men and boys.

Dress for Success Nashville

We give women the confidence to be self-sufficient by providing professional clothing, a network of support, and career development tools.

A family celebrates at the YWCA Family Literacy Center graduation.

Family Learning Center

We offer quality, culturally sensitive, family-centered programming to help families break the cycle of intergenerational poverty and illiteracy.

Re-New at the YWCA

Our volunteer-run program creates beautiful homes for women and children leaving the Weaver Domestic Violence Center and getting a fresh start.

For 125 years, YWCA has helped women, children and families in Nashville and Middle Tennessee build safer, more self-sufficient lives.

Domestic Violence Services

Girls Inc. at YWCA Nashville & Middle TN

AMEND Together

Dress for Success Nashville

Family Learning Center

Re-New at the YWCA

1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime.

Girls Inc. is making all girls strong, smart, and bold!

Areas of Focus

Domestic Violence Services

Youth Development

Economic Empowerment