Asking for help is never easy, but it is a skill Ashley Newburn has developed well since becoming involved with Our House. Ashley found herself homeless while living in Florida after leaving a bad relationship and decided to move back to her home state of Arkansas in 2018. Growing up, Ashley had always been used […]
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FOX 16By Jessica RanckJune 22, 2021 View the full article and video on Fox 16 here! LITTLE ROCK, Ark – More children across Arkansas are going without health insurance. According to the 2021 Kids Count Data Book, which reports state data, the number of children without health insurance rose by almost 10,000 from 2018 to
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Click here to read the Arkansas Times full story on the exciting launch of the Home Together program! Arkansas Times November 13, 2018 by Rebekah Hall Little Rock, Ark. Our House will partner with UAMS on a new program to provide access to behavioral health services for homeless and near homeless pregnant and new mothers with young
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Click here to watch KARK Channel 4’s story! KARK Channel 4 June 27,2018 By Jessi Turnure LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – One in four Arkansas kids live in poverty today. Since 2010, a new report found 28,000 children have moved out of that statistic. However, Arkansas still ranks in the bottom ten states for poverty and overall child well-being. Arkansas
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Click here to read the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s article. February 19,2018 By Jeannie Roberts Photo by Staton Breidenthal Lindsey Fizer settled cross-legged on her gray couch. She swiped at a lock of her long, straight, strawberry hair that fell from behind her ear. Her face brightened as she broke into laughter. “I’m a little peculiar,” she
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Click here to read the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s story! By Jeanine Roberts Photo by Staton Briedenthal August 2, 2017 Bonnie Watts wasn’t sure what she would tell her young son. She was raising him on her own. The overdue electric bill stared at her from a pile of other urgent demands, and rent was looming. The
Click here to watch KATV Channel 7’s story! By Marine Glisovic August 1, 2017 LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Our House is celebrating five years of its innovative program that’s helped nearly 1,400 people with children who were near-homelessness. The Central Arkansas Family Stability Institute has helped 381 families who have gone through the 12-month program of
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Click here to view Representative French Hill’s article. By Representative French Hill April 5, 2017 Dear Friends, Part of what inspired me to create the Community Empowerment Initiative was the observation that longstanding federal policy toward ending poverty yielded—at best—the most marginal of improvements. Here in Washington, far too often we focus our attention and resources
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Click here to view the October 12, 2016 issue of Our House In Focus!
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The Winners of the 27th annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards will be announced Thursday, February 26. City: Little Rock Category: Nonprofit Organization of the Year Year: 2015 Our House has been recognized nationally for its work to provide homeless adults and children with housing, job training and educational opportunities. After 28 years, Our
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