UMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC

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-onone case management; employment services to assist with securing and maintaining employment; advocacy with property management companies, landlords, courts, and partnering agencies; and connections to community resources. Umom's single women's shelter provided 20,516 bed-nights of shelter during fiscal year 23-24.

Umom has 60 years of experience serving the homeless population in the phoenix metropolitan area including 33 years of experience operating a full-service emergency shelter. As the largest provider of homeless services for families in arizona, umom effectively leverages its 7 programs spanning coordinated entry, shelter, housing, and supportive services to holistically serve the most vulnerable individuals and families in a coordinated and efficient manner. Through our shelter and housing programs in fy 23-24, 4,438 families worked one-on-one with the family housing hub's umom location to connect with homeless resources. We know that employment, medical, and childcare needs top the list of critical support services necessary to promoting self-sufficiency and long-term well-being. Umom's workforce development team assists clients with meeting their employment goals by conducting job training and job placement activities geared toward gaining and retaining employment. Umom has assisted over 1,521 clients obtain or maintain employment over the last year. Umom's clients have often operated in "survival mode" for weeks or longer before entering our programs; thus, their stress levels are high, resulting negatively on their overall health and wellbeing. Umom operates a wellness clinic at our shelter to provide direct medical services on-site. Umom is committed to continuous improvement through innovation in our program designs. One example of this is homegrown training which is a food service training program that delivers 6 weeks of hands-on kitchen and barista training in umom's own social enterprise caf and residential dining facilities under the guidance of chef instructors, expert staff members, and homegrown program graduates. The ultimate goal of our homegrown training program is to avoid future homelessness.