Helping Families in Need with Housing and Hope
Summer is approaching and we’re preparing to support families to keep their kids healthy, active and engaged this summer.
Stories of Hope
Finding My Worth Again
The last time I tried to leave the father of my kids, he tried to kill me in front of my children. He beat me up because I didn’t make him something to eat fast enough. That’s when I knew I had to get away for good. I woke up the next morning trying to figure out if I was still alive or not, [...]
Overcoming the Past
Before coming to St. Stephen Housing, Jacob and Lanee had been homeless for about a year. They had been renting a run down apartment in Lakewood in a high crime area that wasn’t safe for their two young daughters, Jamiah and J’onna, to play outside alone. “They couldn’t even go outside to play, not to mention, at a place we [...]
Making a Difference
Have you ever asked yourself what it could be like to be homeless? In my job as a case manager, I have had the opportunity to systematically ask families what it is like to be homeless. Being homeless is destabilizing, demoralizing and depressing. You have lost your base, a foundation from which to function. It becomes hard to focus. [...]