About Us

About Jesse Tree

Jesse Tree provides temporary financial assistance and case management to households at risk of eviction. Case management includes landlord mediation, budgeting help, and housing stability planning. Long-term support services are offered to clients based on individualized needs.

Jesse Tree’s History

Jesse Tree was created in 1999 out of direct conversations with people experiencing homelessness. Our founders asked members of the homeless community how they ended up there, and they heard the same story over and over again: people had a difficult, unexpected circumstance come up and got to a place where they couldn’t pay their rent, got evicted, and became homeless. Our founders pooled together funding to give it to people when they needed it most, to keep them in their homes.

When our founders came up with the idea to prevent homelessness, they did national research to see if anyone else was already doing the work. They found an organization called Jesse Tree in Galveston, Texas, visited them, and brought their programs back to Boise, Idaho. Although Jesse Tree is a secular organization, “Jesse Tree” is originally known as the genealogical tree of Jesus in the Bible.

Over 20 years later, Jesse Tree remains true to our original mission: to prevent eviction and homelessness by supporting our neighbors at risk of housing loss, empowering them to stay in their homes.

Our Vision

Jesse Tree envisions a community where all of our neighbors live in safe and stable housing.

Our Mission

Jesse Tree leads the Treasure Valley on preventing eviction and homelessness by supporting our neighbors at risk of housing loss, empowering them to stay in their homes.

Our Values

We are compassionate, reliable, solutions-oriented, and balanced.

Meet the Team

Evan Stewart

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Cassandra Artukovich

OPERATIONS MANAGER

Breland Draper

DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Jordan Downey

GRANTS & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

Katie Amidan

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Kyla Abala

TENANT RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM MANAGER

Erin Thompson

EVICTION COURT PROGRAM MANAGER

Christian Downey

LEAD EVICTION COURT CASE MANAGER

Gracie Charters

EVICTION COURT CASE MANAGER

Heather Owens

EVICTION COURT CASE MANAGER

Jen Peterson

LEAD ERA CASE MANAGER

Camille Ochoa

ERA CASE MANAGER

Kate Neville

ERA CASE MANAGER

Kay Reed

ERA CASE MANAGER

Tess Scrivner

JVC NORTHWEST VISTA CASE MANAGER

Summer Kiser

HOUSING NAVIGATOR

Tony Torres

HOUSING NAVIGATOR

Ysabel Nash

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER

Jack Molesworth

HOUSING ADVOCACY FELLOW

Chayton Aumeier

VISTA MARKETING & OUTREACH COORDINATOR

Mallory Johnson

VISTA GRANT WRITER

Armaan Ditali

VISTA DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

Join the Jesse Tree team.

Jesse Tree’s team are dedicated community members who believe in Jesse Tree’s mission and put their best foot forward each day to make the Treasure Valley a great place to live.

We are not currently hiring at this time.

We do not have open positions at this time. Please check back!