Our New Year’s Resolution
Last year, we expected more normalcy than 2020 presented us, but it continued to be another busy year. In the face of an unprecedented housing crisis and despite everything, our staff continued to persevere and ensure their clients got the help that they needed.
Thanks to continued support from our community and a temporary government grant, we were able to support more families than ever before in Jesse Tree’s 22 year history. We more than doubled the number of families we helped from 2020 to 2021, keeping 876 families housed last year.
We continue to believe that the Treasure Valley can stand out from other urban areas that have failed to manage the problem of homelessness if we all work together. Our new year’s resolution is to keep making the Treasure Valley different and to chart a new path, to prevent homelessness from happening to people - and our community - in the first place. Thank you for being a part of this work.
We are so grateful to our community for stepping up again by contributing during our annual fundraising campaign, Avenues for Hope, in December. Together we raised over $200,000, which will allow us to pay rent for 178 families in 2022. We are right on track to meet and hopefully exceed our goals in 2022! To our returning donors: thank you for believing in Jesse Tree and helping us see our mission through. To our new donors: thank you for joining us in our mission to keep our neighbors housed.
We make meeting our goals a priority at Jesse Tree and we are confident that in 2022, we will make an even bigger impact in the Treasure Valley. In 2022 we aim to:
Prevent eviction for 1,000 families,
Support at least 150 of our neighbors directly in eviction court and provide 150 informally housed tenants with security deposit assistance,
Keep targeting our assistance at people who really need it,
Expand our presence and reach in Canyon County - where more and more renters are moving - with a grant from the Siemer Institute through our partnership with the United Way,
Sustain the capacity we’ve built as a large temporary government grant we've received expires this fall, and
Improve our growing partnerships with:
Our Path Home and the Campaign to End Family Homelessness,
Healthcare partners including FMRI and Blue Cross of Idaho,
Ada and Canyon County Courts, Idaho Legal Aid, and University of Idaho’s Housing Clinic, and
Landlords and property managers.