The Women’s Resource Center of REACH, Inc. is designed to meet the needs of a Displaced Homemaker. The Displaced Homemaker is an individual who has worked in his or her own household and has provided unpaid household services and is unable to secure gainful employment due to the lack of required training, age or experience; or is unemployed or underemployed; and has been dependent on the income of another household member, but is no longer adequately supported by that income, or is receiving support but is within two years of losing the support, or has been supported by public assistance as the parents of minor children and is no longer eligible.

What is the purpose of the WRC program?

The purpose of the program is designed to meet the needs of this population and motivate them into making plans for a better life. The program offers all services to all displaced homemakers at no charge regardless of age and backgrounds.

The Center provides a computer for the clients to use and the WRC Coordinator also helps with resumes, finding employment, housing and childcare.

Several Workshops are held throughout the year such as:

• Survival Skills for Women
• Life Skills for Women & Men
• Making Money Work
• Under the Hood
• Support Group for Displaced Homemakers each Wednesday
• Various Workshops for the Senior Citizens

• Have you worked in your own home for at least five years?
• Have you provided unpaid household services in someone else's home for at least five years?
• Are you unable to secure gainful employment due to a lack of required skills?
• Have you been dependent on the income of another household member, but are no longer adequately supported by that income?
• Are you receiving support from a spouse, but within two years you will lose that support?
• Have you been receiving public assistance as the parent of minor children, but are no longer eligible for that support? Or will you lose that support within two years?
• Have you lost your main source of support due to death or divorce?

If you can answer yes to any of those questions, then no matter what your age, you qualify for services under North Carolina's Displaced Homemaker Program.  Call 828-837-2097.