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Doc

Our House clients are finding success in all areas of their lives this year! Doc came to Our House one year ago after exiting prison and starting his life from scratch. He had no ID and nothing to his name, but our Career Center quickly set Doc up with the proper documents and helped him […]

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Zoie

We see many new faces at Our House each day, but in our Children’s Programs we are lucky to grow up alongside youth that have been with us for years! Zoie, now an 11 year old at eStem, has been with us in Our Club, our out-of-school time program since Kindergarten! Not only has Zoie

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Dine Out for Dinner on the Grounds

Little Rock Soireeby Jess ArdreyApril 25, 2022View the article here! Little Rock loves a good bash, and this al fresco evening is a citywide springtime favorite. Dinner on the Grounds returns on Friday, May 20, to the Heifer Village pavilion, back for the first time since 2019 to raise funds for Our House. Guests are invited

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Eric

In August of 2020, Eric found himself checking into Our House’s housing programs for the third time, but this time, he was determined to get it right. Because of his age and health issues, Eric had difficulties finding and keeping jobs in the past, and when a car wreck left him in the crisis stabilization

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Perry

Perry enrolled in our out-of-school time program, Our Club, when he was just a fourth grader, moving through the program during his most formative years until graduating this May! Perry was a member of Music Club and loved playing basketball with his friends after school, but what really stands out to him now is his experience

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Panel: Homelessness in Arkansas worsened by COVID and a lack of affordable housing

KUARJanuary 24th, 2022By Michael Hibblen, Maddie Becker, Remington Miller Listen here! A lack of affordable housing and uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic has made it harder for homeless people in Arkansas to get back on their feet. That was one shared assessment of a panel that recently discussed the issue. Finding shelter is especially important

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Alexis

Alexis and her daughter, A’Laynna, relocated to Little Rock from Florida last year to take care of her sick mother, only a month before the pandemic hit. When Alexis was no longer able to stay with her mother, she was left without a stable home and hit many roadblocks trying to find jobs and resources

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Kanisha

Kanisha started her Our House journey as a team member in our out-of-school program, Our Club, as part of the AmeriCorps VISTA program, leading both theatre and dance with the youth. She had no idea that the program she helped develop would one day help her.  In 2015, as a new mom, Kanisha lost her

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