New Horizons

Mission

Break the cycle of homelessness through supportive services and individualized housing plans. Our vision is to end homelessness, one young person at a time. 

Description

Since 1978, New Horizons and our community have chosen to see unhoused young adults as some of our community’s most cherished assets—full of beauty, worth, and dignity. The people who founded New Horizons saw that adult homeless services weren’t built for young people and too many fell through the cracks without support.

New Horizons provides safe spaces, community, and the services young adults need to move toward stability. Through shelter, hot meals, day programs, case management, and apprenticeships to build job skills, we work together to ensure young people heal, grow, and secure stable housing. Join us in building a community where every young person has the chance to thrive.

Meet Aaron, 23

Aaron grew up in Washington in a loving but strict adoptive family. As he got older, he searched for independence and spent months moving between motels before becoming homeless. He eventually found temporary shelter in Auburn, where he connected with other young adults navigating the same uncertainty.

When Aaron heard that New Horizons offered private sleeping pods, he and his friends drove to Seattle. “The pods were the thing that got me here,” he said. “I just needed somewhere I could breathe.”

Within two months, Aaron joined our Apprenticeship Program, building job skills, confidence, and a sense of possibility. But he was also managing advanced kidney disease. He is on dialysis, has undergone 98 surgeries, and lives without both kidneys. “God gives his strongest warriors his toughest battles,” he told us.

Because of his medical needs, our Case Managers coordinated efforts with medical providers and specific housing partners to secure him a place to live. When he finally received his keys, he said quietly, “I never pictured myself having keys to my own home.”

Today, Aaron is housed, stable, and dreaming again. He hopes to receive a kidney transplant, travel the country in a small van or RV, and open a knife‑ and sword‑sharpening business, a craft he talks about with pride.

When asked what he wants others to know about homelessness, he said:

“Through pain, suffering, and loss… I am here. I saw what I wanted and chased it.”

Your support helps young people like Aaron find safety, stability, and a future they can believe in. Please consider a gift today, thank you.