Meet Stephanie, Barnaby House Resident and College Student

“Once I got to Barnaby House I just kind of flourished. I said I was going clean up my credit, and I said I was going to lose 25 pounds, and I said I was going to pay two months of rent up. And I did that in six months. I’ll be done with college in the spring of 2011. Me and my son we just feel very happy when we come to Barnaby house. Life is very good."

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Meet James, Jordan House and Kuehner Place for Abused and Neglected Elderly

“I was working until I was 62 at the Washington Hospital Center. A lot of things in my life led me to sink in depression pretty quickly. The counselor in the Dwelling Place [now Kuehner Place for Abused and Neglected Elderly], Mrs. Doris Furr, there were some things that she told me that I really never, ever thought would happen. When I came, she said: 'James, you’re going to get housing.'  It happened."
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Meet Larry, Certified Addiction Counselor, former Jeremiah House resident

"The role that SOME played was they gave me a place where I could store my medicine, I could get my proper rest, I could cook my meals. These things I needed in order to sustain and be healthy so I could go out and seek employment, go to school. They gave me the opportunity to feel like I was that guy again. And that’s how I feel again. "

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