In The News

January marks the welcoming of a new year; it’s also Human Trafficking Awareness Month - a month to raise awareness about human trafficking issues and support survivors. After drug trafficking, human trafficking is the world’s second most profitable criminal...

In a year where we seem surrounded with divisiveness on so many fronts, and the pandemic has left so many with loss, none of us will be sad to bid farewell to 2020. This month I asked our fearless leader, Lynnette Irlmeier, Empower Yolo’s executive director to reflect...

It’s hard to believe that we are already entering the holiday season 8 months into being sheltered in place. The need to provide services for the community due to COVID has substantially increased during the pandemic. Empower Yolo continues to serve an increased...

Finding your way through the unknown of the American legal system can be overwhelming at times. For many of Empower Yolo’s clients, who are often also recovering from sexual assault, human trafficking or domestic violence, understanding their rights within the legal...

Yolo County – October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and National Bullying Prevention Month. On October 1st Empower Yolo kicked off its 6th Annual Paint Yolo Purple Month of Action, a virtual campaign this year. October’s Paint Yolo Purple (the color purple...

Davis, CA – Empower Yolo is grateful to our generous donor, Susan Starkweather Stone who helped us raise $20,000 and receive a matching donation of $20,000 from Travis Credit Union, through the Travis Credit Union Foundation’s COVID-19 Relief Initiative. The $40,000...

Back to school is very different this year for the majority of students. In Yolo County students, teachers, administrators, parents and caregivers are all adapting to 100% distance learning again this fall in an effort to protect the community during the pandemic....

Empower Yolo’s D Street Resource Center, “D Street House” (or as local community members call it “La Casita” The Little House) sits proudly on the busy corner of 5th and D streets in downtown Davis, providing hundreds of individuals and families with access to a range...

Dear Supporters, Empower Yolo is excited to announce that our shelter kitchen remodeling project is finally underway. Construction commenced this week on this long awaited renovation. The current kitchen at the Wallace and Vannucci shelter is over 20 years old and has...

As the academic school year comes to an end, Empower Yolo moves forward through the continued challenges of the pandemic to offer local youths engaging, virtual, summer programs. Through Empower Yolo’s After School Safety & Enrichment for Teens (ASSETs) program,...