Jesse May was a client of Newcap’s through our Steps to Success program and our WIOA Adult & Dislocated Workers Service Program a few years ago. Here is her story.
Jesse was young when her Mom and Dad divorced and her Dad raised her and her brother. Jesse wasn’t;t able to graduate high school because she had a baby.
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Our Brown County Youth Rapid Re-Housing Program helps lots of single Mother’s who are young, even high school aged. Here are two short success stories of two separate single Mother’s that we aided.
Story 1
“A Youth Rapid Re-Housing participant, still a teenager, was a single mother who had already experienced homelessness multiple times.
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“There are two words that have become part of our every day language over the past few months: “COVID-19” and “Coronavirus.” Not a day goes by where we don’t talk about the pandemic that is currently impacting our community and nation as a whole. I think about how 10 years from now,
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One of our newest programs, debuted in 2018, is the Brown County Youth Rapid Re-Housing Program. In 2018, 13 individuals from 6 households were assisted. Last year in 2019, 64 individuals from 34 households were assisted.
Here is a success story from last year of a Single Mother who is working hard to move to towards her goals of self-sufficiency and buying a home.
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We help many veterans every single year. In 2019, we assisted 227 veterans through various programs, including:
- 5 through our Community Health Clinics
- 1 through the Create Your Own Opportunities Program
- 3 through our Financial Capabilities Program
- 2 through our Homebuyer Program
- 1 through our HCRI (foreclosure intervention) Program
- 3 through the WIOA Program
- 63 through our Weatherization Program
- 54 through our Furnace Repair Program
- 11 through our Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program
- 8 through our Permanent Supportive Housing Program
- 1 through our Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) Program
- 6 through our Work-N-Wheels Program
- 2 through our Medical Mileage Reimbursement Program
- 85 through our Food Pantries
Debbie Bushman,
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Life behind bars is exactly what you would imagine it to be. A cold environment with minimal sunlight and a strict regimented lifestyle. Sam realized that this wasn’t the place that he wanted to call home. He was able to clean himself up and embrace sobriety.
Sobriety allowed Sam to remove barriers and see his pathway.
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Chrissy is a disabled person who has her own small business to survive. She must supplement her social security to pay her rent. She participates in our food pantry when she feels she needs it. She had purchased a car at an extremely high interest rate and could not keep up with the payments.
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The Help for the Homeless Hygiene Drive is going on now! Check out these popular questions and answers for more information on this drive and how you can give back to those in need in your community.
- When is the Help for the Homeless Hygiene Drive happening?
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