Stories

Mary and her two children, Anna and Tommy, moved into The Lord’s Place Family Campus in May of 2014. She had fled religious persecution in her native country, and came to the US with the help of a friend. She had made plans to move into a home, but upon their arrival, she soon saw …

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Todd, a young man in his mid-thirties, is housed and in an assisted living facility, where all of his medical needs are addressed. When our Engagement team was first connected with him, however, he was wheelchair-bound and suffered from severe medical challenges. Additionally, Todd’s food stamps card had been stolen, and he had no one …

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Dana has been housed for just about two months, and is making incredible improvements from when we first met her. She was initially living very happily in an adult-only community, when her children fell on hard times and came to live with her. Because of the neighborhood restrictions, she was evicted from her home. She …

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Melinda left a substance abuse recovery program, landing her on the streets to fend for herself. Scared and without safety and security, she was referred to The Lord’s Place Burckle Place. Since moving in to Burckle Place, she has utilized peer support and became involved with the job training and employment services program, where she …

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Xiomara never felt like she had the necessary skills to be a consistently present and engaged mother. She heard about The Lord’s Place during a five-month sentence in jail, a period of time for which she is very thankful, because she didn’t think she was able to stop living life the way she had been …

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