2010 - 2011 Board of Directors
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Anne D. Raffaelli, Chair
Retired Counsel
US Representative Pete Stark
Tara G. Thompson, Vice Chair
Former Financial Manager
Verizon, Inc.
Ann McCormick, Secretary
Senior Social Science Analyst
Office of Human Services Policy
Department of Health and Human Services
Sheryl Rutledge, Treasurer
Addictions Specialist
Department of Mental Health
New Endeavors by Women Alumna
Kimberly Black
Director, Mid-Atlantic Office
Corporation for Supportive Housing
Kathleen D. Jackson
Principal, Kathleen Jackson Consulting, LLC
Colleen Scott
Vice President
J Street Development
Wanda F. Steptoe
Ex officio, Executive Director
New Endeavors by Women
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STAFF LIST
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE
& OPERATIONS
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Wanda F. Steptoe
Executive Director
Sylvia Hogue
Accountant
Rena Pina
Director of Development & Communications
Annette Taylor
Facilities Coordinator
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PROGRAMS & SUPPORT
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James Brown
Director of Programs
Tracey Lassiter-Butler
Program Manager
New Generations
and New Horizons
Tiffany Lynch
Program Manager
New Transitions
and Shelter Plus Care
Lolita Mason
Senior Case Manager
Earl Staley
Lead Case Manager
Brenda Coleman
Wanda Robinson
Naisha Price
Denise Ziegler
Case Managers
Renee Roberts
Housing Specialist
Carolyn Johnson
Education & Employment
Resources Coordinator
MVP Coordinator
Andrea Grayton
Brenda Grissom
Carla Lindsay
Coretha Robinson
Shirley Tolbert
Program Support Staff
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New Transitions residents relax in the Community Room
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NEW provides housing and support for homeless women and children. We partner with women to take control of their lives to conquer homelessness.
VISION
Healing the lives of women and children
MISSION
By partnering with homeless women, NEW creates new futures. We provide a nurturing environment so that women can recognize their worth. NEW transforms lives, by providing housing, fostering the development of life skills, and promoting education and employment, to end the cycle of homelessness.
Since we opened our doors in 1988, NEW’s programs and services have helped more than 2,000 women and children take steps toward achieving greater self-sufficiency and independence. Our first program was a shelter for homeless women, a population whose needs were woefully underserved.
We grew to include housing programs for other populations of underserved homeless women: the chronically homeless—those who have experienced homelessness for much of their lives; HIV-positive women; young mothers under age 25; mothers reunifying with their children; and, women with mental illness and substance dependency. More than twenty years later, NEW’s programs and services are even more vital and urgently-needed, as homeless women and children in the District face the most daunting climb out of homelessness ever seen in recent history.
Three key program goals guide our work:
1. To prepare women to achieve independent living;
2. To increase the residents’ skills and income levels; and
3. To increase the residents’ self-determination.
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Recent Achievements
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2009 Accomplishments
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In 2009, we served a record number of people and we achieved significant outcomes in the areas of permanent housing, employment, and education:
- We opened New Horizons, a permanent supportive housing program
for 17 families, with a focus on serving survivors of domestic violence
- We housed 106 women and 85 children in our five housing programs
- One-third of residents in our transitional housing programs (29% of adult residents) enrolled in education and training programs that equip them to find higher paying jobs and new employment opportunities
- One quarter of residents in our transitional housing programs (24% of adult residents) were employed in full-time, part-time, and/or seasonal jobs that not only provided earnings, but also establish a history of employment that most residents have lacked for several years
- On average, the hourly wage earned by women in our programs was $10.29 per hour, a full $2.00 per hour above the District’s minimum wage of $8.25
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