Womanspace East, Inc. is a nonprofit organization serving homeless families with dependent children in the greater Pittsburgh area. Families seeking shelter are referred to us through the Allegheny Link. For a referral for shelter services,
please call 1-866-730-2368

To address the needs of homeless families by providing vital services that embrace a holistic approach to crisis resolution and treatment by addressing the needs of the total family and providing vital support services where the family can find support, guidance, and redirection to make them contributing members to the community again.

Womanspace East, Inc. was founded and chartered in 1976 by a small group of women who recognized the need to provide supportive services to women who had fallen victim to homelessness due to a variety of crisis situations. The agency initially offered emergency shelter, counseling, and supportive services from a small townhouse in the East Liberty section of Pittsburgh.

In 1991, the agency moved to a location in the uptown area of Pittsburgh and completed a major renovation project which provided for ten emergency shelter rooms and six bridge housing units. In 2001, Womanspace East, Inc. completed a newly built transitional housing development, which consists of ten (2) bedroom apartment units that housed an additional 10 women and 20 children. In 2016, Womanspace East, Inc. eliminated the transitional and bridge housing programs and expanded the emergency shelter to be able to provide shelter to intact families. WSE can provide emergency shelter for up to 26 families at any given time