Dignity for Divas

Mission

Dignity for Divas supports women across the Puget Sound transition out of homelessness through the use of a self-care platform that creates pathways to success.
DfD conducts outreach and case management services to women who are experiencing homelessness as well as to women who are newly housed. We cultivate an ongoing relationship with women that starts with providing essential care supplies. From there, we perform client intake and housing assessments, determine a woman's immediate needs.

Description

OUR DIVAS
•Approximately 60% of the unsheltered women we serve are African-American and People of Color and between the ages of 16 to 60 years old.
•Approximately 40% of women have experienced domestic violence.
•At least 90% of women in our Keep the Key Home program (these are women who have recently transitioned into permanent housing) have young children.

We provide low-barrier connections to Families who represent historically marginalized groups, such as LGBTQ adults, immigrants and refugees, and people of color who typically lack access to necessary housing navigation services needed to attain permanent housing.

OUR KEEP THE KEY PROGRAMS

The Welcome Home Program is the only comprehensive program in the region that offers free year-long classes and workshops to women who have recently moved from the streets into a home of their own.  For many women, fear doesn’t end once you become housed, rather a new fear begins.  That is the fear of “keeping the key” and not returning to an unsheltered life.  

To help women settle into their new home, DfD provides them with a Welcome Home Kit that contains a selection of new personal care products and new household supplies.  For women with children, new toys and books are included. Women are also invited to participate in the following free year-long classes, workshops and resources:

• Monthly Mentoring
• Financial literacy classes
• Mommy and Me Workshops
• Meditation Workshop
• Mommy and Me Music Class
• Adult Cooking Class
• Beauty and Makeup Workshops
• Holistic Yoga Class
• Mommy and Me Yoga
• Internship Program
• Diva Doc Talks

The support, skills and tools women gain from our Keep the Key Program are life changing.  Women feel connected and empowered to continue their journey to success and “keep the key.”

All participants benefit from free transportation to and from classes and workshops, peer engagement, guidance and ongoing support by DfD staff. This is what women need to not only take the steps to become housed but to "keep the key" and remain housed.

Recognition

Dignity for Divas partners with various organizations to address the needs of homeless women and their families throughout the region. These incredible organizations have provided direct services, goods, and other in-kind support, as well as financial contributions. We are so grateful - we couldn't do it without them!

Marie Lamfrom Foundation
One Roof Foundation
Microsoft
Alice Lawrence Foundation
APM Cares Foundation
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Moccasin Lake Foundation
The Tulalip Foundation
Windermere Foundation
Seattle Foundation
AllinWA
UW Foster School of Business
Trophy Cupcakes
Expedia
HDR
University of Washington
Safeway
Seattle Venture Partners
Thrive Causemetics
Target
Truist
Carr Family Foundation
Women's Philanthropic Collective
Zillow