MesaCAN Community Action Network

MesaCANs Community Assistance Program offers financial and case management services to individuals and families who are facing an immediate crisis which impacts their housing, utilities, health and safety. City of Mesa residents apply and are qualified per poverty guidelines and state regulations. Financial coaching is available to help clients learn how to manage their monthly and yearly budgets. Families learn about credit and how to manage financial resources. La Mesita Family Homeless Shelter is a 16-unit family shelter that provides services to help homeless families with minor aged children. It is a warm, safe, secure temporary home for families in crisis. Services include:    Temporary Emergency Shelter    Case Management Focused on Permanent Housing Solutions    Onsite Behavioral Health Services for Children    Onsite Childcare through Headstart    Access Point for Maricopa County Workforce Connections    Provision of Basic Living Needs La Mesita is the only family emergency shelter in the East Valley providing a broad array of services to homeless families, as contracted through the Arizona Department of Economic Security. For orientation call on Thursdays between 2:00pm -2:30pm.