NEW ENDEAVORS BY WOMEN
Since we opened our doors in 1988, NEW’s programs and services have helped more than 3,000 women and children take steps toward achieving greater self-sufficiency and independence. Our first program was a shelter for homeless women, a population whose needs were woefully underserved.
We grew to include housing programs for other populations of underserved homeless women: the chronically homeless—those who have experienced homelessness for much of their lives; HIV-positive women; senior women; young mothers under age 25; mothers reunifying with their children; and, women with mental illness and substance dependency. Nearly 30 years later, NEW’s programs and services are even more vital and urgently-needed, as homeless women and children in the District face the most daunting climb out of homelessness ever seen in recent history.
Three key program goals guide our work:
1. To prepare women to achieve independent living;
2. To increase the residents’ skills and income levels; and
3. To facilitate the healing process for those who have been victims of abuse.