No. The goal of this Online Volunteer Orientation is to give you and us enough information to see if this is a good fit and a good opportunity for you and if it will truly benefit the people we serve in their healing journey. From our end, it is critical that we do everything we can to protect the people we serve. This is our number one goal.

Yes and No. During the course of this Online Volunteer Orientation you will learn about two types of volunteer opportunities - 1) Direct-Service opportunities that have direct contact and interaction with our residents and 2) Non-Direct Service opportunities that do not have direct contact and interaction with our residents.

By Arizona State Law and Accreditation Requirements, there are extensive background check and fingerprint clearance card requirements of volunteers who have direct contact and interaction with survivors.

These extensive background checks and clearance paperwork filing we must do cost us around $270 per person, on average. As a measure of good-faith buy-in, we ask volunteers who need these extensive background checks to contribute 10% of our costs which is $27. You will also be asked to cover your own costs for getting a fingerprint clearance card but that card will be yours and will benefit you anywhere you go to work with or volunteer with children. These fingerprint clearance cards cost around $70.

Yes. We do have group volunteer activities available. However, these opportunities do not include direct contact and interaction with survivors unless all of the volunteers have completed the background check and fingerprint clearance card process.

Yes and no. Children of all ages are allowed to attend the Non-Direct Service group volunteer projects as long as they are supervised by their parent or guardian at all times. Children are not allowed to volunteer for Direct-Service opportunities due to the requirement of extensive background check and fingerprint clearance card.

Yes and no. We have many volunteer opportunities that offer an expression of the Christian faith to help our residents who are seeking to deepen their relationship to Jesus Christ or to draw on their faith during their healing journey. Some of these opportunities include bible studies, attending church services, prayer groups, journaling, teaching classes and mentoring, fellowship and lay-counseling.

In the past 18 years of serving the homeless and those struggling with addiction, we’ve found that meeting the spiritual needs of our residents is a fundamental key to their healing journey.

If you are involved in a Direct-Service opportunity where faith is a component, you will be asked to sign a Statement of Faith and Code of Conduct. You will also receive additional training on how to express your Christian faith in the context of trauma informed care.

We also have opportunities for individuals and groups that are more focused on helping create a beautiful space for our residents in the form of designing rooms, creating wellness spaces, and maintaining campus services for our residents.