The Urgent Need to Redefine Homelessness
“Redefining Homelessness Could Help Families on the Edge, Advocates Say” [Originally posted by: The Pew Charitable Trusts] Taelyn, a 20-year-old single mother in Fairfax County, Virginia, [...]
Affordable No More
Affordable No More: The connection between investors, manufactured homes and the death of mobile home parks. Say the words, “mobile home,” and you're likely to imagine a [...]
Breaking the Myth
“Homeless people are different from me; I could never be homeless.” For many people, that’s the first thought that runs through their mind when they see a [...]
Halle Turns Two!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HALLE! The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation Center for Women opened their doors for the first time in July 2017. It is the first [...]
UMOM Women Thrive Thanks to Causemetics Donation
UMOM New Day Centers received a generous donation from Thrive Causemetics of over 27,000 makeup products, ranging from eyeliner and mascara to blush and lip gloss. Thrive [...]
Thanks to Parsons Foundation, Powerful Program Gets a $1.1million Boost
There’s science to back it up: Rapid Re-housing has been shown to be one of the most effective ways to help families exit homelessness permanently. Now, UMOM [...]
Invisible homelessness: Families and youth are hard to see, hard to count
You walk by a parked car and notice that it’s packed full of personal stuff – clothing, a backpack, maybe a blanket or sleeping bags. You may [...]
YOU DID IT! Nearly $70,000 will go to ending homelessness!
You made Arizona Gives Day a tremendous success for families, women and youth experiencing homelessness! Here at UMOM, we were very fortunate to have an anonymous donor [...]
UMOM opens new affordable housing at 19West!
It was a festive morning celebrating an important change in north Phoenix: the grand opening of UMOM New Day Center’s latest affordable [...]
Family homelessness and its impact on children
Poverty is painful; homeless families with children can suffer even more than most. Click here to see a short video from the National Alliance to End [...]