A Caseworker Shares a Family’s Story
I love to hear our caseworkers’ stories. Everyone usually cries. This story was no exception.
One of our caseworkers was sharing about a family from the homeless shelter whom she had recently placed into permanent housing.
“I had finally found this single mom a place to live and we were all excites,” she said.” When I saw her the next day, she confided in me that she had not stayed at her new place, but at the homeless shelter.”
The single mom explained she was too embarrassed to take her children to the home with absolutely nothing in it.
“I felt like I had already let my kids down enough,” she explained. “How was I going to ask them to sleep on the floor?”
Our caseworkers told our group again how hard it is to get family furnishings for their clients’ homes.
“There have been budget cuts everywhere,” she said. “House of Light is such a blessing to our families. We can place these families in houses, but they want a home to take their children.”
