When his mother became terminally ill, Isaiah Wagoner and his parents moved to Little Rock to be closer to her grandmother. However, because the house was too small for so many people, Isaiah and his father were kicked out and found themselves unhoused. In 1994, when Isaiah was four years old, he and his father […]
After leaving prison and starting fresh with Goodwill’s Transitional Employment Opportunity (TEO) program, Sanjuana heard about Our House from the TEO team. Interested in improving her computer skills, Sanjuana decided to visit the Our House Career Center. Once Sanjauna learned about all the support services at her disposal at Our House, she made a commitment
After leaving prison, Michelle transferred from Phoenix House to Our House on March 10, the day before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the world. “It has to be a miracle that I got in right before everything shut down,” she states. Because of the low number of residents at the time, Michelle formed close bonds
Andrea came to Our House after a successful stay at Rivendell, where she focused on bettering her mental health. Needing a structured place to continue her progress, Andrea utilized our job training program to build skills at the West Little Rock Resale Store as a retail associate and on campus as a floater in housekeeping
A single mother of two, Crystal never expected herself to become homeless. More than that, she never expected to experience homelessness with one daughter while fighting to regain custody of the other. Crystal’s life had been rough for many years. After leaving her abusive husband to keep her family safe, Crystal fought to keep her
Our House was thrilled to honor Rosetta Dunlap and all of the families that Our House serves, at this year’s Home for the Holidays, as you will see in the video above! Rosetta Dunlap is no stranger to adversity. Growing up with a loving mother in a single parent household in Chicago, Rosetta learned early
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Albert had been in and out of prison several times in his life, lacking the familial support and guidance he needed to exit the prison system permanently. That all changed last year when Albert realized he in turn was not providing the same support to his daughter. In February, Albert made the commitment to become
When Heather realized the lack of opportunities available to her at her halfway house, she decided to move to Our House. As soon as Heather arrived in the Shelter, she saw that if she worked the program and applied herself, she would be able to move forward. When a knee injury kept her from her
After over two years living in our Housing programs with her youngest children, Victoria and J’Vonte, Sheila and her family are moving into their own apartment. While at Our House, Sheila used the Career Center and our hiring events to land a job in environmental services at UAMS and enrolled Victoria and J’Vonte in our
Earlier this year, Sheraton described herself as heading down a negative path of being rebellious against her family, leading to a physical altercation that sent her to a correctional facility. Upon her exit, Sheraton’s Uncle encouraged her to come to Our House to pursue classes in the Career Center. Sheraton completed all of her required sessions in the Our House