The Primavera Foundation, Inc.

All of Primavera's rental housing properties provide affordable living spaces for those who are ready to make steps to integrate back into employment and/or a stable, more independent living environment.

• (3) 34th St. Properties
• Las Abuelitas Family Housing & Community Center
• Alamo Apartments
• Las Casitas Apartments
• Catalina House
• Five Points
• Adelante (Formerly Greyhound Family Shelter)
• Winstel Terrace Apartments
• Women in Transition

Primavera Works is a workforce development social enterprise staffing agency for men and women with barriers to employment (i.e., homelessness, former incarceration, physically challenging conditions, and returning veterans) by offering ethical, temporary labor services. The program is a continuum of services, including job readiness, job skill development, job coaching, employment retention, financial empowerment, and opportunities to obtain temp-to-hire positions through partnerships with local employers. Workers are placed on assignment such as supervised crews for residential and business jobs, including landscaping, bufflegrass removal, residential and business moves, janitorial contracts, housekeeping, apartment turns, water harvesting systems (design and installation), and more. The program also provides above-minimum wages, lunches, transportation, and worker supplies for participants.

There are multiple options for people who are further along on their pathway out of poverty and seek long-term financial empowerment. Down payment assistance, credit score repair/building, and mortgage assistance services are available. Homebuyer education teaches low-to-moderate-income families more than how to purchase and maintain a house; it teaches them how to live their dream of having a home to finally call their own.

Primavera’s commitment to social & economic justice in the context of vibrant/revitalized neighborhoods has challenged the organization to integrate its neighborhood revitalization & community engagement activities. ANNUAL HOMELESS MEMORIAL – Annually we remember our neighbors, friends, and family who have passed away homeless in the past year. LAS ABUELITAS AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM - Open to anyone in the residential neighborhood. Programming fills a high need in the South Tucson neighborhood. HEALTHY SOUTH TUCSON - Primavera is partners with a strong, diverse multi-sector collaboration called Healthy South Tucson whose purpose is to enhance the quality of life within the South Tucson community. COMMUNITY GARDENS - We partner with community members & other agencies to help establish a network of community gardens, which provide many benefits that increase quality of life.

Primavera’s commitment to social and economic justice in the context of vibrant and revitalized neighborhoods has challenged the organization to integrate its neighborhood revitalization and community engagement activities. The strategy is to integrate community development and community engagement by strengthening resident leadership development and organizing across sectors with multiple community partners in targeted neighborhoods. We are also committed to integrating green components into the organization’s strategic and operational plans with measurable outcomes for all lines of business, including emergency services, transitional housing, workforce development, property and asset management, homeownership promotion, education, preservation, neighborhood revitalization, and community engagement. Primavera’s dedication to “Go Green” reflects its commitment to building a more sustainable organization, and a more sustainable city, county, and state.

Motivated participants benefit from a variety of financial empowerment and asset-building services. These include incentive-based savings plans, credit restoration services, homebuyer education, and homeownership opportunities. Achieving long-term financial success is definitely within reach. The Her Family is a program that assists single, head-of-household mothers and their daughters with educational opportunities and strategies for saving, budgeting, building assets, and becoming first-time homeowners, while often breaking multi-generational cycles of poverty in the process. The Mis Abuelitos is a program that assists grandparents raising their grandchildren covering the same topics for the same purpose.

We partner with the community to offer free and public workshops several times a year that can help individuals with Arizona and federal convictions to restore their Civil Rights and set aside their convictions, intended for those who have already completed their sentences. The workshops are hosted by the Pima County Clerk of the Superior Court, the Civil Rights Restoration Clinic of the James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona, the Office of the Pima County Public Defender, and Second Chance.