The Salvation Army—Valley of The Sun Programs

FAMILY SERVICES, 2707 E. Washington Street, Phoenix

Provides a variety of services that focus on crisis situations facing the working poor including: case management, food boxes and eye exams through VISION USA.
Assists 4,663 persons per year with utility bills through Project SHARE.
86,298 individuals were helped last year through rental and utility assistance.

Accommodates 386 homeless families with minor children per year.
Adults are required to obtain employment (our Job Developer has a 92 percent success rate in placing clients), and must save 80% of each paycheck while in the shelter. Adults are required to attend life skills and parenting classes.
Children are enrolled in local schools and participate in after-school tutoring programs through the YMCA and Boys and Girls Clubs. They are given an opportunity to increase their socialization skills through the local scouting programs, (our Boy Scout troop is the first in a homeless shelter in the country), Free Arts of Arizona and The Mentor Program. Children also receive medical services through Arizona State University’s Breaking the Cycle Program.
Rooms are ADA compliant.

Offers short-term residence to survivors of domestic violence.
Individual and group counseling sessions empower survivors to make choices that affect their future.
Children enroll in local schools, participate in after-school tutoring sessions and expressive art activities, receive group and individual counseling and medical services to help assess further needs.

PROJECT HOPE (Homeless Outreach to Place and Empower), 2707 East Van Buren, Phoenix

A joint effort by The Salvation Army, Americorps VISTA and the City of Phoenix to assist the Valley’s homeless residents in accessing available services.
The HOPE van travels an average of 65 miles per day. Last year, staff and volunteers provided referrals to 300 families and individuals in need of food, shelter and other basic needs.
Project HOPE has helped numerous veterans of the Armed Services complete the necessary paperwork to receive benefits and become self-sufficient.

PHOENIX CITADEL ACTIVE LEARNING PROGRAM, 628 North 3^rd Avenue, Phoenix

A parent-child literacy program that includes three componets: parent education and computer training; reading readiness for pre-school age children and tutoring for their school aged siblings.
A summer program for fourth graders in danger of failing has helped 100 percent of the students successfully prepare themselves for the fith grade.
Partners in this program are Americorps VISTA, Arizona State University and Kenilworth School.

Accommodates approximately 250 children from the homeless shelter, domestic violence shelter and surrounding neighborhoods during the course of a year.
Utilizes the renowned High Scope curriculum.

Administers a curriculum that targets minorities and at-risk children.
Participates in a Partnership Tutoring program with Arizona State University and Grand Canyon University. The program tutors approximately 200 children a day. Each child receives personal attention from a university student tutor, for six hours per week during the school year. These activities include academic assistance, field trips, personal esteem, motivational aspects and computer lab.
After one year, the children in the Roosevelt School District who participated in the program have achieved a 75 percent mastery of basic math and reading skills on standardized test, up from 30 percent.

Offers activities to 800 children each day.
Youth utilize a large community facility (gymnasium, multipurpose room, weight room, boxing gym, games room, tutorial rooms, computer room, kitchen and outdoor playing fields). A sport court for roller-skating and hockey was recently constructed.
The Center is particularly noted for the quality of its pregnancy prevention volleyball program (being among one of the first such inner-city minority programs in America) and its boxing program (which produced eleven national champions last year).

MARYVALE CORPS COMMUNITY CENTER: YOUTH OUTREACH AND GANG PREVENTION, 4318 West Clarendon, Phoenix

Services target families involved with gang members or affected by gang members, as well as anti-gang education and activities.
Operates street theater, a low rider bicycle club, and broadcast a radio program called “Barrios Break Thru Oldies” on Saturday evenings from 8:00 p.m. to midnight.

SILVERCREST/SENIOR CITIZEN CENTERS, 613 North Fourth Avenue, Phoenix

Offers 941 low-income senior citizens a loving and caring place to live. They are served three meals a day and participate in a variety of social and spiritual activities. Meals are also delivered to homebound seniors.
The Army manages two Silvercrest senior subsidized housing centers, one in Phoenix and one in Mesa.
Both Silvercrest centers offer free activities such as exercise classes, health check-ups, arts & crafts and library use. Residents can also participate in educational programs such as group shopping trips, financial counseling, emergency welfare assistance and Bible studies. Residents can also receive legal, medical and transportation referrals.
Last year the Laura Danieli Senior Center served 28,687 lunches and delivered 17,830 meals to homebound persons.

THE SALVATION ARMY ADULT REHABILITATION CENTER (ARC), 24 East Mohave Street, Phoenix

The Salvation Army’s ARC is the largest residential drug and alcohol recovery facility in Maricopa County.
Completion rate for ARC is four times the national average.
362 beneficiaries receive services last year.