Helping Families in Need with Housing and Hope
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. [...]