Oasis Women Center
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A pencil and watercolor drawing of a tan brick house with two rocking chairs on the front porch.
The same house as a real home: two white rocking chairs and a throw on the porch, a lamp lit inside, the porch light on in the morning.

The plan

The house is drawn.

The home

Oasis Women Center is opening a transitional home for women who have finished a recovery program. Every line of the house has a price. Every gift draws it in.

  • 8women at a time
  • 4bedrooms
  • 12–24months per stay
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The gap

She finishes treatment on a Friday.

A woman completes 30, 60, or 90 days of treatment. She has done the hardest thing she will ever do. Then the program ends, and she is discharged to whatever housing she can find that week.

The structure that held her together for three months disappears in a single afternoon.

That night

Where does she sleep?

  • a shelter
  • a couch
  • a car
  • the same house she was using in
  • a home that is ready for her

Oasis exists for the twelve to twenty-four months after treatment ends, when stability is fragile and the right support changes the entire outcome.

From drawing to doorstep

Scroll, and watch the plan become a home.

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The drawing

The program is designed, the board is seated, and the house is planned down to the kitchen table.

We are here
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The lease or the purchase

A four-bedroom home in Denton County. This is the first line your gift pays for.

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The rooms made ready

Beds, comforters, a lamp and a Bible on every nightstand, and a table big enough for everyone.

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The door that locks

Eight women, twelve to twenty-four months each, in a home that is theirs while they rebuild.

Every line has a price

You do not give to a cause. You fund a line.

Pick the piece of the house you want to make real. Funded lines turn gold, so everyone can watch the drawing fill in.

  1. A pencil and watercolor drawing of a curbside mailbox with flowers at its base. an address
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    An address of her own

    A job application, a bank account, and a doctor all ask for one. Keisha knows what it is to have none. This line is a month of the lease.

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    Looking out through an open front door to a sunlit porch with a white rocking chair and a fern.
  2. A pencil and watercolor drawing of a sage green front door with a key in the deadbolt. a door that locks
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    A door that locks

    Safety comes first. A lock she can trust, and keys that are hers.

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    House keys, a small notebook and a folded blanket on a sunlit table.
  3. A pencil and watercolor drawing of a made twin bed beside a nightstand with a lit lamp and a Bible. a bedroom made ready
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    A bedroom made ready

    A comforter, throw pillows, a picture on the wall, and a lamp and a Bible on the nightstand. Four bedrooms, made ready for eight women.

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    A bedroom in bright morning light with a neatly made bed and a lamp and Bible on the nightstand.
  4. A pencil and watercolor drawing of a brick window with curtains open and a plant on the sill. a window
    04

    A window to wake up to

    Curtains that open, morning light, a plant on the sill. Small things that tell her this is home.

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    Soft morning light through sheer curtains across a quiet bedroom.
  5. A pencil and watercolor drawing of a wooden kitchen table with two chairs and two mugs. the kitchen table
    05

    The kitchen table

    Where meals are shared, budgets get written, and nobody eats alone.

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    Two mugs and a small vase on a wooden kitchen table by a window.
  6. A pencil and watercolor drawing of a bus stop sign and a bench under a small tree. a ride to work
    06

    A ride to work

    Bus passes, ride share vouchers, and gas cards, so work, court, treatment, and childcare stay within reach.

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    A quiet tree-lined residential street in bright morning daylight.

How the program works

Four pillars hold the bridge.

Self sufficiency is not one problem. It is four. Solve three and a woman is still stuck.

A single story brick family home in daylight.
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Transitional Housing

Safe, sober housing with case management, life skills coaching, and support groups, plus direct help finding work and permanent housing.

A quiet tree-lined residential street in bright morning daylight.
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Transportation

Bus passes, ride share vouchers, gas cards, and volunteer drivers, so work, court, treatment, and childcare stay reachable.

A household budget written by hand in an open notebook on a sunlit table.
03

Education

Transforming mindsets, financial literacy, then job readiness, computer skills and tutoring, so she graduates with earning power and confidence.

Two armchairs turned toward each other beside a bright window.
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Mental Health

Dedicated peer support, strategic community referrals, and professional, Christ-centered counseling rooted in faith, compassion and excellence.

Meet the founder

“Twenty years ago, I had no address. But Jesus knew where to find me.”

Keisha Ortiz Founder and Board Chair

Twenty years ago Keisha was homeless with a five-month-old son, until a transitional home on Ross Avenue in Dallas took her family in. Today she serves on the board of that same facility.

Four years of volunteering with a discipleship program for people in recovery brought it full circle. A resident asked her what would happen when the program ended. Where would she go? How would she get to work? Oasis is Keisha's answer.

Read Keisha's story
Keisha Ortiz, founder of Oasis Women Center, seated in a living room in warm natural light.

Where we are, honestly

We are pre-house, and we will not pretend otherwise.

  1. 501(c)(3) status secured Recognized by the IRS. Gifts are tax deductible. Done
  2. Board seated, bylaws adopted Governance and conflict of interest policy in place. Done
  3. Program designed in full Four pillars, intake criteria, and service plans documented. Done
  4. Funding the lease or purchasing a home Where we are now. This is what your gift pays for. Now
  5. Programs started Financial education, job skills, and career building. Next
  6. Doors open First eight residents move in. Next

More than one way in

You do not have to give money to help.

  • A reliable car or 15 passenger van becomes transportation for every resident who needs to get to work.
  • A stack of rideshare gift cards covers a month of court dates and appointments.
  • An hour a week teaching budgeting is the single volunteer role we are actively trying to fill.
  • And if you work at a shelter, a treatment program, a hospital, or a church, the most valuable thing you can send us is a referral.
See all the ways to give

every line, drawn

A tan brick home in bright morning light with two rocking chairs on the porch and flower beds along the front.

The next line is yours

The drawing is unfinished. That is the point.

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A registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Gifts are tax deductible. EIN 99-1931849.