Robert was the sole provider for his family of five. As a self-employed landscaper, his work was inconsistent and seasonal. With a recent decrease in available jobs and his wife also unemployed, the family had fallen behind on rent and began struggling to keep up with their family’s basic expenses.

Through their children’s school in the Isaac School District, Robert and his family were referred to Valley of the Sun United Way’s Mighty Families program in partnership with Chicanos Por La Causa.

The Mighty Families’ community resource navigator met with Robert to discuss his family’s current situation and began exploring opportunities to address their specific needs.

To avoid the possibility of eviction and to address the immediate need of missed rent payments, the family found support in Chicanos Por La Causa’s supportive housing program for rental assistance. Working closely with both the community resource navigator and a housing navigator,

Robert and his family were approved for rental support and received $836 to cover their rent to keep the family in their home and their children in their school. In addition to rental support, the

Mighty Families’ community resource navigator was also able to provide the family with gift cards that assisted in obtaining school uniforms for their children and the navigator also supported the family in applying for health insurance.

As his experience with the Mighty Families program was ending, Robert expressed deep gratitude for the support provided through the program, highlighting how much the support of his community resource navigator helped to stabilize his family’s situation.