KUAR Little Rock Public Radio
by Nathan Treece
April 19, 2024
Our House, a local nonprofit assisting unhoused individuals and those at-risk of being unhoused, celebrated the completion of a $16-million dollar expansion in Little Rock Wednesday morning with an opening ceremony.
Executive Director Ben Goodwin says the community was key to making the expansion a reality.
“We are so fortunate to have such broad and deep support from the community,” said Goodwin. “They bought into this vision and the need, the need to serve more people, and the vision that we can serve them in a way that changes their life for the better. And they came out to celebrate with us today, and show it’s just a great celebration of our community’s support for their neighbors, and we’re excited to get started.”
Woodley Choar and his two children are the first family to take advantage of the expanded housing.
He says that Our House is unlike any other assistance program he has worked with, thanks to the wrap-around model of support.
“I’m a single father with three kids. And as a single father, there’s not that much help out there, and that’s the reason why I say Our House has like, helped me and the kids so much,” said Choar. “It’s not just me, it’s just like, that’s the offer that they give. They’re doing it straight from the heart. They really care for the family, the kids… the whole nine yards.”
