Our Impact
Qimaavik
Family Violence Shelter
Between April 1, 2021 – March 31, 2022
Sivummut
Emergency Shelter
Between April 1, 2021 -March 31, 2022
99
women and 104 children stayed at the family violence shelter
61
people attended shelter more than once
45
women and 20 children stayed at the emergency shelter
23
people attended shelter more than once
27
the average number of days women stay and this increased to 50 nights for women with children
19
of these women returned directly to their abuser from shelter
70
the average number of days women stay and this decreases 56 when women have children
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Staff responded to 215 family violence related crisis calls and requests for service
Staff provided support sessions and safety planning by phone 255 on occasions
Staff responded to 117 crisis calls and requests for shelter
Staff provided advocacy and outreach by phone for women not in shelter on 162 occasions
Ice Fishing
Qimaavik runs weekly groups on the topics of the Cycle of Violence and Healthy Relationships as well as a Healing Circle with our Elder Immilajuq.
YWCA Agvik is fortunate to have Embrace Life Council attend weekly with self-care and mental wellness support for women from both shelters.
Sivummut ran a weekly recovery maintenance group in the evenings for those who were interested and hosted facilitators of a cooking class program.
Highlights
ᑲᔪᓰᓐᓇᑐᖅ ᐃᕿᐊᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᕈᓐᓇᓂᖓ
Iᕿᑐᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔪᒪᔪᖓ
ᐃᑲᔪᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᑐᖓ ᐃᓅᓯᓕᕆᔨᒧᑦ
ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔪᖓ ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓇᖅ ᐱᑦᑎᐊᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᓕᒃ
ᖃᐅᔨᔪᖓ ᐸᓯᔭᒃᓴᐅᖏᑦᑐᖓ
ᖃᐅᔨᔪᖓ ᐸᓯᔭᒃᓴᐅᖏᑦᑐᖓ
ᐅᕙᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᒃᑲᐅᒍᓱᒍᓐᓇᖅᑐᖓ
ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᖏᑦᑐᑯᕈᑎᒃᓴᓯ ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐ
ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔪᖓ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕕᖃᑐᖓ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ
ᐃᓄᑑᔨᔪᓐᓇᑐᖓ
ᐃᓄᑑᖏᑦᑐᖓ ᖃᐅᔨᔪᖓ
Ending The Cycle
