For eight years, Tavia Dotson was a stay-at-home mom in an increasingly abusive marriage, but in 2023 she mustered the courage to leave her husband and find a safer home for her three children. She first moved in with her mother, but within a year her mother passed away. Struggling with grief, having nowhere else […]
Brenda came to Our House in 2024, fleeing domestic violence, in a bad financial situation, and needing a safe place for herself and her three children. Fortunately, our new Mabee Family House had just opened, so Brenda’s family was able to get a room and become one of the first families to benefit from our
Before coming to Our House, Lindsey had been living in addiction for years, to the point where even her family did not know if she would make it out to the other side. After a period of incarceration and a stay at an outpatient facility, Lindsey felt like she had burned all of her bridges.
After years of fighting a lonely battle with alcoholism and undiagnosed mental health issues, Bradley found a sense of belonging he never had before at Our House. When Bradley became a resident of our Housing programs, he was required to honor our no drug or alcohol policy and has been clean since. Bradley’s addiction made
In the early 2000s, Jason was a resident of Our House at our original location on Main Street, riding his bike to work every day to the Sears building. Since then, Jason struggled with bouts of homelessness. “I wasn’t motivated,” Jason says. “I was wasting my money, and I was holding myself back. I was
Jake had experienced homelessness on and off as a child, but after settling into a comfortable career as a financial analyst, homelessness was a distant past. Health issues slowly turned Jake’s life around, leading Jake to be unable to work, losing his job, and soon, his home. After a period of instability, Jake came to
Robert moved to Arkansas from Nevada with his daughter Cali to care for his mother; however, living arrangements didn’t allow them to move in together, leaving Robert to scramble for a new home. Robert believes it was fate when he drove past Our House! As a single father, Robert and Cali moved straight into a
Andie and her family were forced out of their apartment when it became uninhabitable after months of unfixed plumbing issues. Not able to afford another place, Andie’s family moved between family member’s homes, hotels, and friend’s homes for months until coming to Our House in early 2024. This time of transition made it very difficult
Originally living in California in a domestic violence situation, Laura removed herself and her three children, twin girls and a son, from that environment after someone referred her to Our House. Already with plans and goals for her family in mind, Laura came to Our House seeking support and resources to get back on her
Summer is officially here, and that means our Summer Program is in full swing! Our team is hard at work building transformative relationships with our youth and implementing a summer full of educational lessons, diverse guest speakers, and fun field trips. Marley is one of the many youth spending her summer at Our House. Marley