Free Arts of Arizona is the only program in Maricopa County that exists solely to create partnerships with other nonprofit organizations who provide basic need services to abused, homeless and at-risk children.
Our collaborative partners are local group homes, residential treatment centers, domestic violence or emergency shelters and transitional housing programs.
• All My Children: 5 group homes in North Phoenix for children ages 0-18.
• Back to Life: 4 group homes in Glendale and Phoenix for Native American teenagers.
• Catholic Charities: 2 facilities: Casa Linda Lodge, Phoenix group home for teen mothers. My Sister’s Place a domestic Violence Shelter for mothers and their children in Chandler.
• Central Arizona Shelter Services: Vista Colina Shelter is an emergency shelter for homeless families in Phoenix.
• Child Crisis Center - East Valley and West Valley: Emergency shelters in Mesa and Glendale for children ages infant to 12.
• Childhelp: 4 sites. 68th Place, long term group home in north Scottsdale for 10 girls ages 13-18; Love House and Faith House group homes in Glendale for teen moms and their children. The Bridge, transitional housing in Phoenix for homeless families with children.
• Chrysalis Shelter: 3 sites. 2 domestic violence shelters in Scottsdale and Phoenix, and 1 transitional shelter in Phoenix.
• Crisis Nursery: 3 facility sites: A crisis shelter in Phoenix for children ages infant to 8 years. FACES a preschool, for infants, toddlers and preschoolers. A long-tern group home for children ages 1-6 years old.
• Devereux Arizona: Residential treatment center, group homes and school in Scottsdale for children and teenagers.
• Family Support Resources: 20 crisis shelters and group homes for children ranging in ages from infants to 18 years old.
• Florence Crittenton: 2 sites. A residential treatment center and school in Phoenix for adolescent girls. And a group home for teenage moms in Scottsdale.
• Guiding Light: is a group home in Phoenix for teen girls.
• Habitat for Humanity: Stardust House Community Center in Phoenix; reaching children and families of all ages.
• Home Base Youth Services: Transitional living for homeless youth ages 18-21 years in Phoenix.
• Homeward Bound: Homeless and Domestic Violence housing and preschool for families with children.
• House of Refuge East: Transitional housing in Mesa for women and their children.
• Labor's Community Service Agency: Transitional housing for homeless families in Phoenix.
• Neighborhood Ministries: Community Center serving Phoenix’s poorest, most vulnerable and low income families.
• The New Foundation: Residential treatment center, school and group home in South Scottsdale for teenagers.
• A New Leaf: 6 sites. In Mesa, LaMesita A Family Shelter serving homeless families, Autumn House a domestic violence shelter for women and their children and 3 Residential treatment centers for at-risk teen boys. In Glendale, Faith House a domestic violence shelter for women and their children.
• New Life Center: Domestic violence shelter in Goodyear for women and children.
• Salvation Army: 2 facilities; Kaiser Family Crisis Center is transitional housing for homeless families and Elim House is a domestic violence shelter for women and their children.
• Save The Family Foundation of Arizona: A long term transitional housing shelter in Mesa.
• Sojourner Center: Domestic violence shelter in Phoenix for women and their children.
• Sunshine Residential Homes, Inc.: 22 group homes for boys and girls ranging in ages from elementary to teens in Glendale, North Phoenix and Peoria.
• Tumbleweed: 4 sites including 2 group homes, transitional living, shelters, drop-in and learning center in Phoenix for homeless or adjudicated teens.
• United Methodist Outreach Ministries (UMOM): Crisis and transitional family shelter in Phoenix for homeless families.
• Youth Development Institute (YDI): Residential Treatment Center for youth ages 12-18.
