MCWC
 

 

Montgomery County Women's Center was incorporated as the Montgomery County Rape Crisis Coalition. As the goals of the agency expanded, the name was changed to the Montgomery County Women’s Center in 1986. MCWC has served victims of family violence, sexual assault or abuse and stalking from all areas of Montgomery County and northern Harris County since 1982.

There are four primary program areas in which MCWC provides services at no cost to residents, namely: residential programs including emergency shelter and transitional housing; community educational outreach; legal services; and a sexual assault and counseling program.

 

The emergency shelter for battered women and children has operated for more than 20 years providing a safe, emergency refuge for abused women and children. MCWC’s goal has been to provide safe, emergency shelter to more than 750 battered women and their children every year who have been rendered homeless due to family violence or sexual assault. Shelter has the capacity to house up to 60 women and children per night.

 

Currently, shelter services are available for a maximum of 60 days, with an additional two-week extension if there is an expectation of permanent or transitional housing. Services in this project include food, personal care needs, clothing, prescriptions, counseling and case management. Upon exiting the shelter, families receive assistance with start-up household goods from the agency’s resale shop at no cost to them.

 

In addition, the agency offered clients: a 24-hour hotline, non residential counseling in five off-site locations, support groups, legal services, educational scholarships, advocacy, re-housing assistance and counseling, and community and school-based education programs.

 

The most recent component to the agency’s core services is that of transitional housing, offering a 24-unit, apartment-style facility called, Reaching Pines.

 

 

 

MCWC operates in all respects with consideration to diversity, including, gender, age, race, religion, national origin, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.

Located across I-45 from The Woodlands Mall, Rags to Riches is a resale shop operated by Montgomery County Women's Center staff and volunteers. The store provides clothing and furniture for our clients while earning income for the agency from the sale of the additional merchandise.