skip navigation
Our Family Services Update

 

Our Family Services and New Beginnings for Women & Children to merge July 1
 
 
"Both organizations are in great shape, and this is a positive move
for everyone. Coming together like this will help us stay strong,
stable and efficient so we can keep helping folks who need us." -- Sue
Krahe
After months of due diligence, the boards of directors of Our Family
Services and New Beginnings for Women & Children are excited to
announce they have voted to merge the agencies on July 1, 2012.
 
Sue Krahe, Executive Director of Our Family since 1991, will retire at
the end of June and entrust the leadership of the organization to New
Beginnings Executive Director Patti Caldwell, MSW.
 
Caldwell has been with New Beginnings since January 2011 and has been
active in the community in social work and nonprofit executive
management for more than 30 years.
 
The merger will vastly expand Our Family's continuum of homeless
services, which will take on the respected name of New Beginnings.
These combined homeless programs help more than 3,000 children, youth
and families achieve safety and independence each year.
 
Together, all of Our Family's programs, which also include information
and referral, counseling, mediation, training, prevention, and
services for older and disabled adults, will touch the lives of more
than 25,000 Southern Arizonans annually. The newly merged Our Family
will have nearly 100 employees and a budget of more than $5 million.
 
 
"Since the agencies do not duplicate services, this merger will
provide a broader scope of care for Tucson's homeless youth and
families." -- Patti Caldwell
Combining the strengths of two organizations whose services are more
important than ever to families and youth in Tucson will ensure that
our vital programs survive and thrive.
 
Our board and staff are excited to welcome Patti Caldwell as our new
executive director. Hand-in-hand with New Beginnings, we are working
hard to create an agency that continues to evolve and respond to our
community's ever-changing needs while maintaining our commitment to
professionalism and quality services.
 
We appreciate your continued support as we enter this new chapter of
service to our community.
 
Save this date: Help celebrate Sue Krahe's career and legacy of
service to the agency, our clients and the community at a reception in
her honor the evening of June 28. Details to come.