Mayor Gallego’s State of the City highlights need for affordable housing
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego is a longtime advocate for people experiencing homelessness. UMOM was honored when the Mayor joined us back in March for the opening of [...]
Squeezed Out of Affordable Housing
For more than a generation, the greater Phoenix area has been among the most affordable places to live in the U.S. The evidence is in the data: [...]
UMOM in the News: AZ DES Celebrates UMOM Partnership
We’re grateful to AZ DES (Arizona Department of Economic Security) for highlighting the success of our SNAP CAN (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Career [...]
UMOM in the News: Parsons Foundation gives $1.1 million for powerful re-housing program
INNOVATION WILL SPEED THE MOVE FROM HOMELESSNESS TO HOUSING UMOM Announces New Grant from The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation That Will Aid Powerful Re-housing Program PHOENIX [...]
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 [...]