Ponder Your Options
A dorm while in school, potential roommates in an apartment, transitional living, group homes? Make a list!
Investigate subsidies offered by the Independent Living Program and Transitional Independent Living Program. Also check out the one-time Apartment Set-Up Grant from Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation:
Utilities
- LIHEAP
- APS Energy Support Program
- APS Project S.H.A.R.E (Under age 60 and experiencing special hardships)
- Salt River Project Economy Price Plan
Arizona Humane Society Thrift Stores – Cave Creek, Sunnyslope and Tempe
BRIDGES (Strangers We Know) – Throughout Arizona
Friends of Foster Children – Throughout Arizona
Full Circle Trade & Thrift – Flagstaff
Goodwill – Throughout Arizona
Helen’s Hope Chest Helps Foster Children – Mesa United Way
Lutheran Thrift Shop – Phoenix and Mesa
St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Stores – Throughout Arizona
Sharon’s Attic Thrift Store – Flagstaff
Sunshine Acres Children’s Home Boutique & Donation Store – Mesa
The Salvation Army Thrift Stores – Phoenix and Tempe
The Salvation Army Thrift Stores – Tucson and Sierra Vista
Furniture Bank — Self referral form here
Bridging AZ — Need referral from your case worker to find out if their agency has a current contract with Bridging AZ
Furnishing Dignity — Need referral from your case worker to find out if their agency is a current Dignity Partner with Furnishing Dignity
Find thrift stores in communities all over Arizona at The Thrift Shopper.
Affordable Housing Online
Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS) (602) 256-6945
City of Flagstaff Public Housing Program (928) 526-0002
City of Tucson Rental Assistance (520) 791-4171
Housing Authority City of Yuma (928) 782-3823
MesaCAN (Community Action Network) (480) 833-9200
HomeBase Transitional Living Program for Youth (602) 254-3247 or send an email
one n ten (602) 279-0894 (Youth Center)
Tumbleweed Center for Youth Development (602) 271-9904 or (602) 841-5799 (24-Hour Crisis Line)