A New Leaf

A New Leaf provides food, shelter, and safety to families facing homelessness and domestic violence across the Valley. If you believe that every family should have a home and that every child should be safe from abuse, then make a donation today! Change lives in your local community today by making a gift in support of our neighbors in need.

Homelessness can happen after one missed paycheck. Domestic violence can trap victims in a dangerous, abusive situation. These crisis situations are heartbreaking, but you can make an impact for someone in crisis. Donate to A New Leaf today and you will be directly providing food, shelter, and support for families in crisis!

A New Leaf's homeless shelters are located across the Valley, giving safe shelter to families and individuals in need. Every person staying at a shelter is given assistance with finding work, transportation, new housing, and more. Staff members work closely with every family and individual to make sure that they never have to face homelessness again.

A New Leaf's domestic violence services offer immediate protection at one of A New Leaf's domestic violence shelters. Survivors are given access to court advocacy, child care, jobs training, and more, all to help them achieve independence and long-term safety.

Testimonials

Jason and Karina have always worked hard to provide for their three children. They had a nice home together, but with so many mouths to feed, they were living from paycheck to paycheck. When rising prices started to impact their budget, Karina became concerned.

"Things really financially tightened up for us after the pandemic. Rent went up, groceries went up, everything just became way more expensive. So we were already stretched, but everything started to unravel when we were both unemployed for a few months."

After a few challenging months left them unable to pay rent, Jason and Karina were going to lose their home. They quickly asked relatives to take in their children while they found a solution and resolved to live in their car during the height of summer. They hoped it wouldn't be long before their family could be together again.

"Unfortunately, it lasted for months as we worked to pay off all the fees of losing our home, unpaid bills, and so much more. It's actually very expensive to become homeless. Not to mention that finding work and keeping a job is really difficult without a permanent address. We slept in church parking lots and cooked on grills in local parks. The heat was just absolutely suffocating. Those were some of the worst days of my life."

That's when Jason and Karina reached out for help and got connected with A New Leaf's West Valley Housing Assistance Center. A short while later, they received a call that a private shelter unit had opened up for them, allowing them to reunite with their children. Within a few hours, their lives had started to turn around.

"We got the keys to a private apartment, and it was such a huge relief. A New Leaf had given us a chance to get back on our feet and to get our children back. Our whole focus during this ordeal was to make sure the kids weren't affected, so they had been staying with family. Now they could be with us again, and that was a huge relief."

After a few weeks of settling in, the three kids joined their parents at A New Leaf's shelter. With their children back, Jason and Karina started to work on a long-term plan to find employment and build a stable home again. Everything started to come together for this small family.

"Jason got hired on as a Behavioral Health Technician, and I was hired as a lead teacher at a local daycare. Pretty soon we were ready to move into our own apartment and get on with our lives - and we have! Our family is doing wonderful now."

"Honestly we are so thankful for the help we got. Our family felt shattered from all the stress, uncertainty, and fear of being homeless. You gave us a chance to get our bearings and make some good choices, and now here we are! Thank you for all of your kindness."