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Your Community Connection is a community based, volunteer driven non-profit organization serving the Northern Utah community since 1945. YCC has successfully managed the duties of a non-profit organization for nearly 62 years. Our mission is "to provide services to support and enhance the quality of life for all women, children and families." YCC's programs focus on providing at-risk individuals and families with opportunities and education to achieve goals of affordable housing, home ownership, and self-sufficiency.
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Essential services provided
The Homeless/Housing Assistance Center provides services to assist individuals and families move from homelessness to qualifying for low-income housing with the ultimate goal for some, of achieving home ownership. The Fast Track program offers first time homebuyer education classes, reverse mortgage counseling (HECM), basic financial counseling, limited mortgage default intervention, fraud prevention, everyday finances, education on how to shop for consumer loans, and intervention services for credit issues. The Senior LifeCare program offers free minor yet critical home repairs to low-income senior citizen homeowners and disabled families. YCC is the sole provider of Senior LifeCare services in Weber County. Transitional housing and supportive services are provided to homeless families. YCC's transitional housing is the only provider for homeless families in Weber County.
The Family Enrichment Center provides supportive services to at-risk families including educational parenting classes, life skills and self-esteem classes for adults. Children's self-esteem, empathy, alternatives to violence, sexual assault and sexual harassment prevention classes are provided on-site at YCC and in area schools. Free childcare services are provided on-site to families working toward self-sufficiency. Limited medical referrals are provided for families participating in YCC programs.
The Domestic Violence Victim Assistance Center provides 24/7-crisis intervention, shelter, and safety for victims of domestic violence and their children. Over four hundred women and children are helped each year by this program. An After Care program is provided to the families to assist them in setting up new households in the community free from an abusive environment. Domestic violence support counseling and groups are provided in English and Spanish to victims and their children. Social Service Workers provide weekly educational groups on domestic violence to the inmates at the two Weber County Correctional facilities. YCC is the only provider of domestic violence services in a two county area, Weber and Morgan. |
