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Stories by topic: Food & Housing Assistance

• Torrey Solomon Cuyahoga

  Without Cleveland Housing Network, I don’t know what path I’d be on right now honestly. They just believed in me, and them believing in me made me believe more in myself.

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• Walter Huckabee Hamilton

  I came to the Freestore the first year it was open. I was out of work, I had just gotten laid off and I had five kids.

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• Monique and Joy Cuyahoga

  After I was introduced to Cleveland Housing Network and [social worker] Tamika in 2003, my life changed drastically. I have a home. I have conquered my demons. I have returned to college after 10 years, and I have a 4.0 GPA.

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• Elizabeth Cuyahoga

  Now I’m able to give something back. I do volunteer work…so that I can help other women empower themselves.

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• Henry Huffman Montgomery

  In the battle over addiction, personal strength is only a part of what it takes to win. Supportive environments can help change lives and boost the possibility of individual success. Sometimes in the process, entire communities are transformed.

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• Jeanine Donaldson Lorain

  I often wonder about what it’s like to be a child in a homeless shelter. . . . We want to make their quality of life as good as children who don’t live in shelters.

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• Bessie Hamilton

  Making my own way has always been familiar with me. But then when I had to depend on others for the things that I needed, it was hard at first.

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• Lisa Franklin

  Taking the burden of housing off of us right now has enabled me to make another home for my children so that eventually we’ll be able to get back out and independently survive again.

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• Richard Peterman Marion

  If it were not for food stamps (SNAP) and soup kitchens in the area that we patronize we would seriously be worse off. These services enable my family to feel more secure. The support has allowed me to seek out employment in the social service field.

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• Heather Boehmer Montgomery

  I was not eligible for foster care or adoption, so the Home was my saving grace, a welcome alternative to what I saw as my only other option: the streets.

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• Frank and Jennifer Montgomery

  Frank and Jennifer were working hard to provide for their two children. Frank had a good teaching position, but his job was eliminated and the only work he could find was as a part-time pizza delivery man.

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