Photo courtesy of Little Rock Soirée Sharonica Lee and her three children are the recipients of this year’s Resilient Family of the Year Award presented by Our House. The Resilient Family of the Year award seeks to honor Our House clients that best exemplify the hard work, wise decision-making, and active participation in the community […]
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Click here to read the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s article! Check out our 30th anniversary publication here! November 8, 2017 By Jeannie Roberts Photo by Benjamin Krain A little over a month after he took the helm as the new executive director of the Little Rock homeless shelter Our House, Ben Goodwin told a group of supporters
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Click here to read Little Rock Soirée’s article! Little Rock Soirée November 1, 2017 By Dwain Hebda Photos by Jason Masters As long as she can remember, Sharonica Lee has known the icy grip of poverty, how it suffocates people under the garbage hours and minimal pay of dead-end jobs. She knew intimately the
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In 2016, Our House partnered with the Clinton School of Public Service’s Center on Community Philanthropy and their first Researcher in Residence, Dr. Muthusami Kumaran, to publish a paper outlining the success of our Two-Generation approach model of resolving homelessness. The paper was published in September 2017, and can be read in full by clicking
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This editorial was originally published in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on August 23rd. We’re excited to share this thoughtful piece with you as we begin a period of exciting changes at Our House.
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Click here to read the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s article! By Eric Besson Photo by Thomas Metthe August 20, 2017 A new Little Rock program paid for with federal tax dollars will connect former prison inmates with construction, restaurant and other high-demand jobs — and cover their minimum-wage paychecks for four months, officials said. Mayor Mark Stodola
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Click here to read the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s story. By Jeannie Roberts Photo by Benjamin Krain August 17, 2017 Georgia Mjartan, executive director of the Little Rock homeless shelter Our House, announced Wednesday that she is stepping down from the post after 12 years with the organization and her replacement has already been named. Mjartan’s last
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From Georgia Mjartan, Executive Director: I am writing to you today to share the news that I am leaving Our House after 12 wonderful and life-changing years. My husband Dominik will become CEO of a community development bank in Columbia, South Carolina, so along with our three young children we will be moving there in
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Click here to read the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s article! By Kally Patz August 1, 2017 The U.S. Department of Labor gave $1.2 million to fund a re-entry program for prisoners, Little Rock said in a news release Tuesday. The Little Rock Workforce Development Board was given the money to establish the Rock City Reentry Program, which
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Click here to read Fox 16’s article! LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (News release) – Tuesday, June 27, the U.S. Department of Labor announced over $72M to enhance employment opportunities for justice-involved individuals. $32M was awarded to 23 community based organizations across the United States, including the Little Rock Workforce Development Board, which was awarded $1.2M to
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