Recovery Stories
Olivette
Strength and Support Brought Her Through the Storm
When Hurricane Katrina flooded 70 percent of New Orleans in 2005, Olivette Ford and her three boys lost everything they owned. They spent seven brutal days and nights living outdoors with thousands of other desperate survivors. Read More
Sara
Home Again, at Last
Sara, a high school graduate, vividly remembers the traumatic day in 2020 when she and her boys, ages 2 and 4, were evicted from their Columbia apartment. She was 27 years old and 5 months pregnant. Read More
Annie
Learning to Trust
The 66-year-old has lived with mental illness and homelessness throughout her adult life. She experienced her first serious mental health symptoms at the age of 21 and was hospitalized five or six times before successfully maintaining outpatient treatment. Read More
