Client Stories
Lauren
Lauren escaped abuse but was living in her car. Thank you for helping her find safe shelter and a path to permanency!
Lauren survived an abusive relationship but found herself living in her car. Without safe shelter, finding a job was difficult. But without a job, finding housing was even harder. With each rejection, Lauren’s self-worth plummeted further. She was spiraling downward. Thanks to your generosity, Lauren was able to get the resources, counseling and support she needed to get her life back...
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Tania
Tania didn't know where she would sleep or eat next. Thank you for making sure she was safe and cared for!
“My life was bad,” says 16-year-old Tania. “I was doing drugs and drinking alcohol. I hadn’t been to a dentist, regular doctor check-up, or eye doctor in years. I wasn’t going to school. I was always out and about in the streets, and going from place to place for somewhere to sleep.” Tania was struggling with family issues, including an...
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Dorthy
Dorthy was mad at the world. Thank you for helping her thrive!
14-year-old Dorthy felt constantly on edge and couldn’t control her anger. “Life was confusing and I was always mad at everyone,” she says. “I did not know how to control my emotions and feelings.” Dorthy was struggling in her relationships with her mother, father and younger brother, as well as at school. She sought help at her school’s Wellness Center...
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Gabriel
Thanks to you, Gabriel no longer fears the bathroom. What a relief for mom & dad!
5-year-old Gabriel was so afraid to use the bathroom that he would hold his poop for days. He even ended up in the ER for constipation. His parents worried that their attempts to help Gabriel use the toilet only made him more fearful. His family was missing out on family gatherings and outings due to his frequent accidents and tantrums....
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Laura
Thanks to you, Laura isn't afraid to go home anymore. Your support gave her safe shelter and a path forward free of violence.
Laura was scared and anxious when she walked into our office on a Friday afternoon. She was too afraid to go back home and had nowhere else to turn. Thanks to you and your generosity, Laura was able to get immediate safe shelter and the support that she needed – both legal and emotional – to permanently escape from her...
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Mia
Mia was trapped by her mental illness. Thank you for freeing her to live again
Mia was in her first year of college when she went from being a high functioning, straight-A student to being in a catatonic state. She experienced obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) behaviors that kept her trapped in her room for days on end with little food or water. Thanks to you and your support, when Mia reached out for help, she got the...
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Yasmin
"I don't know if I would have been able to leave. I'm still haunted by the statistic where women return to their abuser."
“Life was hard, but I didn’t know any better,” says 35-year-old Yasmin. “I feel like I was too close to that lifestyle [of abuse] that I did not recognize there was a problem. I didn’t have the confidence or belief that I could leave and that I deserved to be treated better.” Yasmin’s friend, Maria, told her about Community Solutions...
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Jim
Homeless and addicted, Jim didn't think he was worth helping. Thank you for believing in Jim until he could believe in himself.
“I was homeless, sleeping on the sidewalk,” says 52-year-old Jim, “I didn’t eat, and I was on the most amount of drugs.” At the time, Jim was also struggling with untreated mental health and medical conditions. Though he was offered housing and mental health care, Jim struggled to engage. “I just couldn’t understand why they chose me to help, so...
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Christina
Christina thought she had lost everything. Thank you for helping this local mother rebuild her life free of violence.
Christina fled her abusive husband leaving behind their home, business and, reluctantly, her two daughters. It was a heart-wrenching decision but she had always been the sole target of the abuse and, without a home or income, she knew she couldn’t provide for her girls. What followed was a long court battle, including restraining orders, a foreclosure, and visitation courts....
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Andre
Andre felt trapped and hopeless. Thank you for helping this teen escape the "bubble" that was his anxiety.
Andre’s anxiety was so intense that he didn’t want to leave the house. He says he felt “trapped” and that his life was “a bubble I couldn’t escape.” Andre stopped going to school and avoided any social interactions aside from his mother. “[I was] in and out of the hospital and lost hope for living,” he says. Thanks to you...
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