Elizabeth Hendershot

Community Engagement Manager @Wiseplace

Santa Ana, CA, US

Can you imagine a future where every unaccompanied woman in OC has a safe place to sleep? With your help, WE CAN!WISEPlace, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization, is a community of housing and hope for women in crisis. Since the 1920’s, WISEPlace has served more than 8,667 women by pairing housing solutions with wrap around services like counseling and mental health services, case management and addiction recovery, and employment assistance. At WISEPlace, we serve unaccompanied women experiencing homelessness who often lack the support system of a spouse, significant other, or children. The stats are startling: 1 in every 3 homeless adults in the U.S. is an unaccompanied woman (a population that is severely underserved and overlooked nationally), but WISEPlace is where they can get the help and support to rebuild their lives.The heart of what we do is provide a community of hope and housing where participants are supported with vital wrap-around services on their journey from homelessness to personal self-reliance.