Illawarra Women's Homelessness and Domestic and Family Violence Support Service

This service provides support to single women who are homeless (adults and young women) and women with accompanying children who are escaping domestic and family violence and who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. This includes Aboriginal women and their families, women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and their families, and young women.

It provides early intervention, rapid rehousing, crisis and transitional responses and responses for clients with complex needs. Support will be provided to assist women resolve their housing and other support needs and to be rehoused in a safe environment.

Support is also provided to enable women experiencing violence to remain safely in the family home, or to be safely rehoused and supported to resolve issues impacting on their wellbeing and ability to maintain stable housing.

The service provides two women's refuges:

• Warilla Women's Refuge
• Wollongong Women's Refuge.