Kathleen Miller, the founding director of Las Vegas nonprofit Living Grace Homes, has been named Nevada’s 2026 Mother of Achievement after nearly 25 years of work to ensure pregnant teens and young mothers facing homelessness have a safe place to start over. Miller said the recognition came as a surprise and credited the success of her organization for making the honor possible.
Miller founded Living Grace Homes after she encountered pregnant teenagers sleeping on the street and realised Clark County lacked shelter options tailored to their needs. The organisation has been operating for 19 years and — Miller and the charity say — has provided housing and support to nearly 900 mothers and infants since it opened. Living Grace Homes offers residential programs designed to help young women transition to independent family life rather than return to homelessness.
Beyond emergency housing, the nonprofit provides a suite of services aimed at long-term stability: medical care for mothers and babies, legal assistance, help re-enrolling in high school, job training and placement. Miller noted most residents arrive without a high school diploma, and the program prioritises education and health care so families can build a sustainable future. Living Grace also maintains a support network for alumni, offering follow-up help after mothers leave the residential program.
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Construction crews are finishing a new campus that will add 14 emergency beds to Living Grace’s capacity, a critical expansion the organisation hopes to have open by July. The timing is intentional: Las Vegas’s summer heat can be dangerous for people without shelter, and the additional beds are intended to reduce the immediate risk to pregnant women and infants during the hottest months.
To help complete the new facility, donations from first-time donors received during May will be matched dollar for dollar by a Helms Family Grant, up to $20,000. The match is earmarked for finishing construction and increasing the charity’s ability to respond quickly to families in crisis.
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Miller said she spent years researching and preparing before launching Living Grace and described the work as “my life for the last almost 25 years now.” She called the Mother of Achievement recognition “very humbling and surprising,” but emphasised it celebrates the residents, staff and donors who helped build the program. With the new beds and matching grant, Living Grace Homes aims to expand its reach at a moment when its services can have life-saving impact for vulnerable mothers and their babies.
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