programs : pathways
Domestic Violence and Emergency Services
The Pathway program offers safe shelter, crisis counseling and support for survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Services include the 24-hour crisis line; emergency women and children's shelter; walk-in peer counseling; support groups; in-house licensed therapist; referrals to community resources; and legal, personal and medical advocacy.
24-hour crisis line: 406- 542-1944 / 800- 483-7858
Walk-in counseling is available to women and men dealing with issues of domestic and/or sexual violence at the YWCA Monday through Friday, from 12 noon until 4:00 pm.
Emergency shelter is available for women and children in crisis from domestic violence. Also used for temporary shelter for sexual assault survivors.
Resources for Survivors
- Lethality Assessment
- Why do Women Stay?
- Safety Planning
- Tips for Family/Friends
- LGBT Domestic and Sexual Violence
- LGBT Myths and Facts
- Native Battering Triangle
- Community Resources
Power and Control Wheels
- Power and Control Wheel
- LGBT
- Native
- Intersectionality
- People with Disabilities
- Teen
- Spanish
- Immigrant
- Senior Citizens