FEATURED IN
WHEN LEAVING IS ONLY THE BEGINNING
She Has Left. Now She Has to Find a Way Forward.
Leaving an abusive relationship does not always mean the coercive control ends.
When coercive control turns financial, a woman may suddenly find herself trying to meet the basic needs of everyday life while navigating family court, public benefits, legal and community services, employment, and the practical realities of rebuilding.
Resources and services may exist. But understanding where to turn, what to do, and how to navigate multiple complex systems, often at the same time and during one of the most destabilizing periods of her life, can be extraordinarily difficult.
That's where You Made a Way comes in.
We Help Her Make a Way Forward.
From immediate stabilization to long-term financial independence, we provide specialized navigation and practical support to help women stabilize immediate needs, navigate complex systems, and take practical steps toward rebuilding financial stability.
PHASE 1:
STABILIZE
We help women stabilize immediate needs and create a foundation for moving forward, including identifying priorities, navigating available resources, and addressing essential needs such as food, housing, healthcare, transportation, and more.
PHASE 2:
NAVIGATE
We help women understand and navigate the complex systems that can shape their ability to move forward, including family court, public benefits, legal and community services, and other institutional systems.
PHASE 3:
REBUILD
We help women rebuild toward long-term financial independence and security, including strengthening income whether through pursuing employment or entrepreneurship, building financial knowledge and skills, and working toward saving, investing, homeownership, long-term wealth-building and more.
THE NEED IS ALREADY HERE
Women Are Reaching Out. We Need the Capacity to Reach Back.
The need for this work is not theoretical.
Women are already reaching out to You Made a Way for support, but demand has exceeded our current capacity.
Building the infrastructure to meet that need requires sustainable funding for the people, programs, systems, and practical support that make this work possible.
Funding doesn't create the need. It gives us the capacity to meet it.
Behind Every Story Is a Woman Rebuilding Her Life.
Every woman's journey is different, but no woman should have to figure out the way forward alone.
NO ONE MAKES THE WAY ALONE
Help Make the Way Forward Possible.
