Women On Maintaining Education and Nutrition (W.O.M.E.N.), in collaboration with the US Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, implementing our newest culturally specific program spicific to assisting victims of sexual violence.
Our NeXSTEP Program, targets the 13 counties of Middle TN, provides intake, case management, peer navigation, survivor plans, mental health, employment readiness, legal support, victim advocacy and training, and complete care continuum support and support.Facilitated by the Founder of W.O.M.E.N., each woman will represent one of the denoted nine Deep South states.
Our NeXSTEP Program, targets the 13 counties of Middle TN, provides intake, case management, peer navigation, survivor plans, mental health, employment readiness, legal support, victim advocacy and training, and complete care continuum support and support.Facilitated by the Founder of W.O.M.E.N., each woman will represent one of the denoted nine Deep South states.
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Catherine Wyatt-Morley is the Founder, Chief Executive Officer and the heart-beat of Women On Maintaining Education and Nutrition (1994). W.O.M.E.N. is the oldest and only 501 (c) 3 organization founded, organized, administered and directed by an African American woman living with AIDS in the southern United States.
I would like to thank all of you who have contributed to our company's success. Thanks to the dedication, commitment and constant hard work of our team, W.O.M.E.N. plays an important position in the challenge to change the response to sexual trauma and HIV/AIDS. During our vast years of experience we have evolved, grown and adjusted our strategy and our mission investing in our business diversification and globalization.
In collaboration with Tennessee State University's Nursing program W.O.M.E.N. has provided a mutually beneficial clinical experience to the nursing students and other interns. We would love to share your story; if you were a past intern and would like to share your experience please let us know. During my clinical rotation at the W.O.M.E.N's Organization I have gained so much about the standard and reason for the founding this organization.
In Tennessee, 967,430 people are struggling with hunger - and of them 295,570 are children. This is just above the 12.9 percent national average. While the overall rate has decreased since 2011, the prevalence of food insecurity across the country, including in Tennessee, remains historically high since 2008 and has not yet returned to pre-great Recession levels.
Full Plate meets the nutrition needs of economically stressed individuals with health related illnesses. This significant program also meets the needs of Nashville and surrounding counties by collecting and distributing free nutritional supplements, beverages, household supplies, and personal care items.
