Emergency Shelter

Staying at a shelter is just one stop on the journey to ending homelessness.

For UMOM, shelter is a strategy. The moment a family or individual steps into shelter, we listen. We learn who they are and what happened to them. We match services and programs to their needs. With our help, they show us how they will overcome their challenges and, wherever possible, how they will return to the community in a permanent home.

Families and individuals in housing:

  • Work

  • Pay taxes

  • Spend money in our community

  • Have children who do better in school and in life

Kids who switch schools frequently due to housing instability tend to perform less well in school, are more likely to have learning disabilities and behavioral problems and are much less likely to graduate from high school.

UMOM New Day Centers

For Families

UMOM’s New Day Center Family Emergency Shelter program is designed to provide safe temporary shelter for vulnerable and at-risk households with children experiencing homelessness in Maricopa County.

Shelter residents receive comprehensive individualized client support, including:

  • fresh meals served 7 days a week

  • one-on-one case management

  • employment services to assist with securing and maintaining employment

  • advocacy with property management companies, landlords, courts, and partnering agencies

  • connections to community resources

  • access to onsite child supportive services fully funded by UMOM operational funds, including a Boys & Girls Club and a children's health clinic run by Phoenix Children's Hospital.

Halle Women’s Center

For Single Women

The Halle Women’s Center Emergency Shelter program is designed to provide safe temporary shelter for vulnerable and at-risk single women experiencing homelessness in Maricopa County. Shelter residents receive comprehensive individualized client support, including:

  • fresh meals served 7 days a week

  • one-on-one case management

  • employment services to assist with securing and maintaining employment

  • advocacy with property management companies, landlords, courts, and partnering agencies

  • connections to community resources.