Established in 1976 as the Rape Crisis Center of Northern Kentucky, Women's Crisis Center (WCC) was formed to provide a 24-hour crisis hotline, crisis intervention, advocacy, community education, counseling and support services for rape survivors. In 1979, the name was changed to reflect additional services being provided to battered women and their children. In WCC's early days, women and children were sheltered in safe homes in the community.
The first residential shelter for battered women opened in Northern Kentucky in 1981. The Florence, KY walk-in center opened in 1983 and operations have since expanded to Maysville, Williamstown and Carrollton, Kentucky. In 2000, the Northern Kentucky shelter moved into a new facility that accommodates up to 30 women and children.
A new state-of-the art shelter opened in 2005 in Maysville, Kentucky. This beautiful residential shelter can accommodate up to 26 women and children.
WCC serves individuals and families in the eight Northern Kentucky counties of Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Grant, Kenton, Owen, Gallatin and Pendelton, and the five Buffalo Trace counties of Bracken, Fleming, Lewis, Mason and Robertson.
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