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NAC celebrated Stepping Stone's grand opening on March 28, 2014 with many prominent leaders in attendance; Phoenix Mayor, Greg Stanton, Phoenix District 8 Councilwoman Kate Gallego, Field Office Director Tony Ramirez U.S. Housing and Urban Development, Director Michael Trailor Arizona Department of Housing, Arizona Market President Benito Almanza Bank of America, Arizona Regional President Steve Johnson BMO Harris Bank, CEO Merl Waschler Valley of the Sun United Way, and Elisa de la Vara for the Honorable U.S. Congressman Ed Pastor.
The Stepping Stone Community is home for 82 formerly homeless individuals or persons with disabilities. These beautifully constructed apartments were furnished with the support of Valley of the Sun United Way and BMO Harris Bank.
NAC thanks our generous event sponsors: Chasse Building Team, Bank of America, and Architectural Resource Team (ART)
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A "chronically homeless" individual is defined to mean a homeless individual with a disability who lives either in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven, or in an emergency shelter or in an institutional care facility if the individual has been living in the facility for fewer than ninety (90) days and had been living in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven or in an emergency shelter immediately before entering the institutional care facility. In order to meet the ‘‘chronically homeless’’ definition, the individual also must have been living as described above continuously for at least twelve (12) months or on at least four (4) separate occasions in the last three (3) years, where the combined occasions total a length of time of at least twelve (12) months. Each period separating the occasions must include at least seven (7) nights of living in a situation other than a place not meant for human habitation, in an emergency shelter or in a safe haven.
Federal nondiscrimination laws define a person with a disability to include any (1) individual with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities; (2) individual with a record of such impairment; or (3) individual who is regarded as having such an impairment. In general, a physical or mental impairment includes, but is not limited to, examples of conditions such as orthopedic, visual, speech and hearing impairments, cerebral palsy, autism, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), developmental disabilities, mental illness, drug addiction, and alcoholism.