Georgia Mjartan – Our House

Our House Partners with Clinton School to Publish Research Report

Featured, News / September 11, 2017

In 2016, Our House partnered with the Clinton School of Public Service’s Center on Community Philanthropy and their first Researcher in Residence, Dr. Muthusami Kumaran, to publish a paper outlining the success of our Two-Generation approach model of resolving homelessness. The paper was published in September 2017, and can be read in full by clicking […]

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Editorial: We Hate to See You Go

Featured, News / August 24, 2017

This editorial was originally published in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on August 23rd. We’re excited to share this thoughtful piece with you as we begin a period of exciting changes at Our House.

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Head of Little Rock homeless shelter steps down

News / August 18, 2017

Click here to read the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s story. By Jeannie Roberts Photo by Benjamin Krain August 17, 2017 Georgia Mjartan, executive director of the Little Rock homeless shelter Our House, announced Wednesday that she is stepping down from the post after 12 years with the organization and her replacement has already been named. Mjartan’s last

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A Message from the Our House Leadership

Featured, News / August 16, 2017

From Georgia Mjartan, Executive Director: I am writing to you today to share the news that I am leaving Our House after 12 wonderful and life-changing years. My husband Dominik will become CEO of a community development bank in Columbia, South Carolina, so along with our three young children we will be moving there in

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Pregnant homeless woman, child get help from North Little Rock community

News / June 20, 2017

Click here to watch and read THV 11’s story. By Katlyn Gardenhire NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) — It’s a picture that shows a tough reality that’s getting a lot of attention on social media; a pregnant mom due at any moment is sleeping on the sidewalk with her 2-year-old daughter laying on her chest.

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PBS’ To the Contrary: Interview with Our House Executive Director Georgia Mjartan

Featured, News, Videos / May 2, 2017

Click here to watch Georgia’s interview! Our Executive Director, Georgia Mjartan, recently traveled to Washington to be interviewed by PBS for their program To the Contrary. Georgia discusses the mission of Our House as well as our Two-Generation approach to combating poverty and homelessness.

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Georgia Mjartan named as one of Southern Living’s Southerners of the Year

All, Featured, News / December 19, 2016

Click here to read Southern Living’s article Little Rock, AR When Georgia Mjartan was asked to take over Our House, Little Rock’s primary homeless shelter, in 2005, she walked into a flood-damaged building that was even more under water financially. Now, Mjartan had breathed new life into the organization, which serves 1,000 people a year

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Our House opens renovated Career Center in Little Rock

News / May 19, 2016

KTHV LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) — People who live on the streets or face being homeless now have a place to look for work. Our House opened its newly renovated Career Center on Wednesday. The center provides job training, job search help, financial literacy courses, and life skills training for more than 600 adults

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Our House, Our Home: Mjartans Make Life’s Work Out of Making the Most of Each Day

Featured, News / May 1, 2016

Little Rock Family by Heather Bennett Warmth. It’s one of those qualities individuals possess that’s not only comforting, but it creates a genuine sense of calm in those who have the fortune of existing around them. The Mjartans are the epitome of warmth. I must confess that the monumental task of writing about our May

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Arkansas Times: 2015 Big Ideas for Families in Needs

All, News / December 17, 2015

Pair foster families with biological families in a mentoring program By Georgia Mjartan * This article was Published in the Arkansas Times Big Ideas for Arkansas 2015 Edition. To read other big ideas click here Foster families are sometimes referred to as resource families, since our job as foster parents is to be a resource to

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