New Economics for Women's programs strengthen families.
Growing Assets
Homeownership /NSP2
Foreclosure Counseling
Latino Tech-Net
Business Growth Center
Smart Consumer
Gaining Knowledge
Family Source Centers
After-school Learning Centers
Charter Schools
Connect and Succeed
Getting Stable
Affordable Housing
La Posada
Nutrition and Well-Being
Child Passenger Safety
At New Economics for Women (NEW) we have a mission -- to reduce poverty by creating wealth opportunities for women and children. We realize that overcoming poverty and achieving family and personal prosperity are very broad goals. That's why we measure our success by the specific improvements families experience in their quality of life such as increased wealth, education and health as a result of being touched by NEW.
Low-income families can break the devastating cycle of poverty by first meeting their basic needs and getting stable and then gaining knowledge necessary to begin growing assets. Only then can families build tangible wealth for themselves and escape poverty.
People We Serve
Over 95 percent of NEW’s clients are Latino and many families residing in NEW's affordable housing developments are immigrant, both documented and undocumented, and first generation from Mexico and Central American countries. Over 50 percent of NEW's Latino resident families are single mothers with 3 to 4 children.
At La Posada, NEW's two-year transitional housing development for single teen mother, annual incomes range from $7,680 to $17,560. At NEW's other affordable housing locations, family incomes range from $17,799 to $21,490. For large size families, with 5 or more children, family income ranges from $14,440 to $33,540. All families live below the poverty line.
With the exception of many of the teen single mothers, most families are in the labor force. Approximately 75 percent work in the service sector often without health benefits for themselves or their children. Spanish is the dominant language of the adult population. English is the dominant language for children and youth, however, most children and youth are bilingual often serving as translators for their parent(s) and do not understand the American institutional culture. Less than 50 percent of the adult population finished high school in their country of origin.
Low-income families can break the devastating cycle of poverty by first meeting their basic needs and getting stable and then gaining knowledge necessary to begin growing assets. Only then can families build tangible wealth for themselves and escape poverty.
People We Serve
Over 95 percent of NEW’s clients are Latino and many families residing in NEW's affordable housing developments are immigrant, both documented and undocumented, and first generation from Mexico and Central American countries. Over 50 percent of NEW's Latino resident families are single mothers with 3 to 4 children.
At La Posada, NEW's two-year transitional housing development for single teen mother, annual incomes range from $7,680 to $17,560. At NEW's other affordable housing locations, family incomes range from $17,799 to $21,490. For large size families, with 5 or more children, family income ranges from $14,440 to $33,540. All families live below the poverty line.
With the exception of many of the teen single mothers, most families are in the labor force. Approximately 75 percent work in the service sector often without health benefits for themselves or their children. Spanish is the dominant language of the adult population. English is the dominant language for children and youth, however, most children and youth are bilingual often serving as translators for their parent(s) and do not understand the American institutional culture. Less than 50 percent of the adult population finished high school in their country of origin.
