HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Comment from Chris Hannon on 010925 I had previously worked under Olycap's Head start program as a pre-school teacher.When I
looked for a career change I still wanted to help people and saw all the good work this
organization had been doing in the education and childcare space. I had heard about the
new leadership stepping into the Housing Department and took that as an opportunity to
interview and find out if there was positive changes being made there.
I was accepted the job offer after being impressed by the new Housing Director Viola's
commitment to bettering the services provided and the vision she had for what the
department could be. Here are just a handful of snippets about the lives we have and
continue to impact since I have joined;
23 year old, was living out of a car but received services for a year and 4 months, found a
place to live and got helped with rental assistance,food, gas, and finding work.
18 year old, received services for 2 years, while on the street received assistance with
food, getting their license, and recently just moved into their first home
18 year old, a DV survivor that had to flee and was in shelter for three months just got
moved into their first place
24 year old, Was living in their car then moved to our shelter, after six months was able to
move into housing
25 year old in a family of three, was able to help them retain their housing while they
struggled with health problems and a new born while also providing necessities for the
family.
21 year old was in a hotel after losing housing, provided space in our shelter for 8 months
and then helped fund RV repairs and cleaning to have a habitable place to live.
22 year old having been couch surfing for three months got housed with move in and rental
assistance.
19 year old, helped after they had to flee a DV situation and got them into housing, helped
with necessities like food.
22 year old, Helped them secure housing that they are currently still at. In the process of
helping them with finding their own place outside of our Olycap housing options
20 year old,Their family initially got help when they were a teenager.They came back as a
young adult and got rental assistance with us to prevent them from becoming homeless
and are actively working on stabilizing.
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