Attitude Reformed to Live (ARL) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2025 and based in Phoenix, AZ/Maricopa County
We are recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt public charity under section 501(c)(3).
EIN: 39-3870265
Date of Incorporation: August 18, 2025
State of Incorporation: Arizona
ABOUT ATTITUDE REFORMED TO LIVE™
ARL — Attitude • Respect • Loyalty
A Solutions-Driven Nonprofit Building Community Infrastructure for Lasting Change
Attitude Reformed to Live™ (ARL) is a solutions-driven nonprofit organization focused on transforming people, communities, and systems through disciplined leadership, evidence-informed innovation, community infrastructure, strategic partnerships, and meaningful impact.
ARL was created around a simple belief:
Awareness alone is not enough.
Lasting change requires infrastructure.
That infrastructure can include:
People
Leadership
Resources
Partnerships
Knowledge
Technology
Opportunity
Community support
Institutional alignment
Execution
ARL exists to help develop and connect those elements into solutions that can create measurable and sustainable outcomes.
ATTITUDE • RESPECT • LOYALTY
The name ARL represents the three principles that guide the organization’s work.
ATTITUDE
The mindset, discipline, accountability, and personal responsibility required to create meaningful change.
RESPECT
Recognizing the value, dignity, potential, and humanity of every person and every community we serve.
LOYALTY
Remaining committed to the mission, relationships, responsibilities, and communities entrusted to us.
These principles influence how ARL develops programs, partnerships, community initiatives, and new models.
Attitude. Respect. Loyalty.
The foundation behind the work.
THE MEANING BEHIND THE NAME ATTITUDE REFORMED TO LIVE™
Attitude Reformed to Live™ is more than the name of our organization. It represents the philosophy that guides ARL’s work.
ATTITUDE
The mindset, discipline, responsibility, and perspective required to create change.
REFORMED
The willingness to recognize what is no longer working, rebuild what needs to change, and create a better foundation for the future.
TO LIVE
The outcome of transformation — moving beyond awareness and change toward stability, purpose, opportunity, contribution, and a better quality of life.
WHY ARL WAS CREATED
Many of the problems communities face are not caused by a complete absence of resources.
Often, the problem is that the resources, systems, institutions, and people needed to solve the problem are disconnected.
A person may leave a hospital without stable housing.
A returning citizen may leave incarceration without a meaningful pathway to employment and community reintegration.
A veteran may need housing that recognizes the complexity of their transition.
A person in recovery may need more than a place to sleep.
A community may have resources available but lack awareness, coordination, accessibility, or infrastructure.
ARL was created to look beyond the surface of these problems.
We ask:
Where is the gap?
Why does the gap exist?
What is currently being done?
What is working?
What is not working?
What does the evidence show?
What do real-world experts and lived experience tell us?
What infrastructure is missing?
What would a better model look like?
And most importantly:
How can we build something better?
ARL IS A SOLUTIONS ORGANIZATION
ARL is a nonprofit, but we do not approach our work as simply delivering traditional services.
We approach complex challenges as solution-development opportunities.
Our work focuses on understanding the environment surrounding a problem and developing the infrastructure necessary to create better outcomes.
That may mean:
Creating a new program model
Connecting existing resources
Developing community pathways
Increasing awareness of availableresources
Supporting complex transitions
Building institutional partnerships
Identifying service gaps
Developing new approaches to old problems
Creating opportunities for volunteers and interns
Supporting community-based stabilization
Studying outcomes
Improving existing models
Developing scalable frameworks
We don’t simply ask, what service can we provide?
We ask, what solution is missing?
FROM PEOPLE TO SYSTEMS
ARL approaches change at multiple levels.
👤 THE PERSON
Build awareness, responsibility, confidence, opportunity, and stability.
👨👩👧 THE FAMILY
Strengthen relationships, resources, stability, and long-term support.
🏘️ THE COMMUNITY
Connect resources, partnerships, pathways, and opportunities.
🏥 THE INSTITUTION
Develop models that help institutions better understand and address the complex community conditions affecting the people they serve.
🌎 THE SYSTEM
Identify larger gaps and develop models that can contribute to better approaches across communities and industries.
HOW ARL BUILDS PROGRAMS
Every major ARL initiative begins with understanding the problem before designing the solution.
THE ARL SOLUTION DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY™
01 — IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM
Understand the real-world challenge affecting people, institutions, and communities.
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02 — RESEARCH THE ENVIRONMENT
Study available research, public data, industry information, community conditions, and existing approaches.
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03 — IDENTIFY THE GAP
Determine where existing systems, services, resources, or infrastructure are falling short.
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04 — ENGAGE EXPERTISE
Incorporate knowledge from professionals, practitioners, community leaders, subject-matter experts, and lived experience.
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05 — STUDY OUTCOMES
Examine what existing approaches actually produce and where additional improvement is necessary.
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06 — BUILD THE MODEL
Develop a structured solution designed around the identified gap.
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07 — ALIGN THE STAKEHOLDERS
Consider the needs of the people, institutions, referral partners, funders, community organizations, and other stakeholders connected to the problem.
↓08 — MEASURE
Identify meaningful outcomes and indicators that can demonstrate whether the model is working.
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09 — IMPROVE
Use experience, feedback, data, and outcomes to continually refine the model.
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10 — SCALE
Determine whether the model can be replicated, adapted, expanded, or applied in other communities and environments.
Research → Evidence → Gap → Model → Alignment → Outcomes → Scale
This is the foundation behind ARL program development.
THE ARL INFRASTRUCTURE PHILOSOPHY
ARL believes that lasting community change requires more than individual programs.
It requires infrastructure.
Infrastructure can mean:
Awareness.
Resources.
Relationships.
Leadership.
Community partnerships.
Institutional alignment.
Education.
Technology.
Opportunity.
Support pathways.
Long-term stabilization.
Execution.
ARL works to build and strengthen these connections.
OUR PROGRAMS ARE BUILT DIFFERENTLY
ARL’s programs are not intended to be isolated projects.
Each program is developed within a larger strategic framework.
We study:
- The people affected
- The environment surrounding them
- The institutions involved
- Existing resources
- Existing programs
- Community infrastructure
- System gaps
- Financial and operational realities
- Evidence
- Outcomes
- Stakeholder needs
- Opportunities for improvement
Then we build the model.
THE ARL PHILOSOPHY
At the center of everything ARL does is a simple progression:
Build the Person.
Build the Family.
Build the Community.
Build the Institution.
Build the Future.
Because lasting change does not happen at only one level.
People influence families.
Families influence communities.
Communities influence institutions.
Institutions influence systems.
Systems influence the future.
ARL therefore works to create solutions that recognize the entire environment.
ARL IS A LIVING SYSTEM
Communities change.
Industries change.
Technology changes.
Healthcare changes.
Housing changes.
Workforce needs change.
Human behavior changes.
New problems emerge.
New opportunities emerge.
ARL is designed to adapt while remaining anchored to its core principles.
ATTITUDE
The discipline to create change.
RESPECT
The recognition of human dignity and potential.
LOYALTY
The commitment to people, relationships, responsibility, and mission.
THE ARL STANDARD™
Before ARL develops or expands a major initiative, we ask:
Is the problem real?
Is the gap understood?
Does evidence support the need?
Have experts informed the model?
Has lived experience been considered?
Have existing outcomes been examined?
Does the proposed model improve upon existing approaches?
Does it create meaningful value for the community?
Can the outcomes be measured?
Can the model be sustained?
Can it scale?
If the answer is yes, we have the foundation for a solution.
ATTITUDE REFORMED TO LIVE™
ATTITUDE REFORMED TO LIVE™
Attitude • Respect • Loyalty
ARL is a nonprofit built around a simple idea:
People deserve better systems.
Communities deserve better infrastructure.
Institutions deserve better solutions.
Our work is to help build them.
Turn compassion into action.
Turn ideas into systems.
Turn systems into lasting solutions.
Build the person.
Build the family.
Build the community.
Build the institution.
Build the future.
ARL
Attitude. Respect. Loyalty.
Honorable Mention and Board Director
Dedication:
From serving in WWII to transforming community healthcare in Pittsburgh, PA, Dr. James Stewart dedicated his life to making healthcare accessible for all. As Director of Primary Care at Mercy Hospital, he pioneered mobile health units, rehab centers, and clinics for underserved communities.