“Aspire Higher: Brandon’s Story”
November is National Homeless Youth Awareness Month. “I’ve only had two or three stable living situations in my entire life,” Brandon shares. Growing up in the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A New Day for Employment at UMOM
Here at UMOM we believe that employment + housing = ends homelessness. In order to better assist the families, single women and unaccompanied [...]
UMOM CEO: Help Us End Homelessness
A message from Darlene Newsom, UMOM CEO Dear friend, Thank you for following along over the past few days as we’ve shared with you the story [...]
Your support rebuilds lives for families at UMOM
Yesterday we shared with you the story of Bella* and her three children, who currently live in UMOM’s Emergency Shelter. Today, Bella’s children want to share their story [...]
Help restore hope for families like Bella’s
Many of us have fallen upon difficult times or dealt with some kind of hardship in our lives. In these moments, it’s not always easy to stay [...]