A New Leaf in Mesa seeking $10K for Pinal County rapid rehousing program
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Services in the rapid rehousing and tenant‑based rental assistance programs include financial assistance for move‑in costs, rent, and utilities for up to 24 months, financial coaching, employment assistance, benefits enrollment, life‑skills training, and trauma‑informed case management.
A request to authorize the submission of a grant application by A New Leaf for $10,000 for a rapid re-housing program was approved recently by the Pinal County Board of Supervisors.
The board voted 4-0 July 1 on a consent agenda with other items to approve a resolution seeking the funding from the Ak Chin Indian Community Shared Revenue Program and for Pinal County to serve as the fiscal agent. Supervisor Stephen Q. Miller was absent.
The funding would provide essential living kits to households served by A New Leaf’s rapid rehousing and tenant-based rental assistance programs in Pinal County, wrote Paula Kipp, senior private grants manager for A New Leaf, a Mesa nonprofit, in an application for the funds.
The programs “provide individualized support to assist families and individuals with transitioning out of homelessness and into stable housing. Services include housing navigation, rent and utility financial assistance, case management, employment support, budget coaching and more, she said.
Services in the rapid rehousing and tenant‑based rental assistance programs include financial assistance for move‑in costs, rent, and utilities for up to 24 months, financial coaching, employment assistance, benefits enrollment, life‑skills training, and trauma‑informed case management, it states.
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Meet Richard Richard Dyer has worked at Independent Newsmedia Inc. USA since 1987, starting his career in Apache Junction as a copy editor and being promoted over the years to work as the editor of the Mesa Independent, news services editor for the East Valley office in Apache Junction, managing editor for the East Valley office, news services editor for the East Valley office and eventually also for the newspapers at INI’s then-Chandler office, managing editor again and as a news editor covering Apache Junction/Gold Canyon and Queen Creek. He helped start the Florence Independent while the news editor covering Apache Junction and Mesa news. In January 2023, he became associate managing editor for the East Valley newspapers and in August 2023 became managing editor for the East Valley newspapers of Chandler/Tempe, Gilbert, Queen Creek, Florence, Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon, while also reporting on Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon.
Community: Since 2009, he has worked as a volunteer to design The Blue Guitar Magazine, Blue Guitar Jr. magazine and Unstrung magazine, which are projects of The Arizona Consortium for the Arts; and since 2014, has been overseeing the art submissions.
Education: University of Arizona with a master of arts in journalism and a bachelor of science in agricultural communication. Also continuing education at Mesa Community College in welding in a metal art sculpture class.
Random fact: Saw his first tornado on May 31, 2010, which was classified as an EF-2, as part of a stormchasing tour group.
Hobbies: He is an artist of welded-steel sculptures, selling his artwork at juried and non-juried art shows.
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