"When women are fully involved, the benefits can be seen immediately:  families are healthier; they are better fed; their income, savings, and reinvestment go up.  And what is true of families is true of communities, and, eventually, the world."  Former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan

Just as important as the girls and women in our community are the multitude of organizations serving them. For Chrysalis, these are our partners, doing the day-to-day work of sheltering, educating, strengthening, and ensuring that girls and women are able to be self-sufficient, productive, and stable persons, and that leadership and future opportunities are open and accessible to them.

These partners are the Women’s Alliance.

The Women’s Alliance keeps Chrysalis informed about what’s happening in individual lives, families, and neighborhoods that affect the girls and women they serve. We work together. We identify key barriers together. We learn together. We advocate together. We collaborate together and with other key stakeholders.

Since 2006, Chrysalis has convened and facilitated regular meetings of the Women’s Alliance, providing capacity-building educational programs to ensure that these organizations are strong, stable, and more effective in their important work.

We’re grateful to the member organizations of the Women’s Alliance over the past year, which include:

• AIDS Project of Central Iowa
• Beacon of Life
• Bernie Lorenz Recovery
• Broadlawns Medical Center
• Central Iowa Shelter and Services
• Children and Families of Iowa
• Children and Family Urban Ministries
• Citizens for Community Improvement
• Des Moines Neighbors
• Des Moines Area Religious Council
• Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center
• Employee and Family Resources
• Family Directions of Iowa, Inc.
• Family Violence Center
• GEEZ! Louise
• Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa
• Hawthorn Hill/New Directions Shelter
• Holy Family Inner City Youth Foundation
• House of Mercy
• Iowa Caregivers Association
• Iowa Commission on the Status of Women
• Iowa Homeless Youth Centers
• Iowa Legal Aid
• Iowa State Historical Museum
• ISED Ventures
• L.U.N.A.
• Mitchellville Theater Project
• Monsoon United Asian Women of Iowa
• Oakridge Neighborhood Services
• Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa
• Polk County Health Department
• Polk County Victim Assistance Services
• Primary Health Care Outreach Program
• Proteus, Inc.
• Shalom Zone Ministries
• United Way of Central Iowa
• Visiting Nurse Services
• WeLIFT (We Learn Independence for Tomorrow)
• Young Women’s Resource Center
• Youth Emergency Shelter and Services
• YWCA of Greater Des Moines