Who Are the Homeless Neighbors We Help Rebuild Their Lives?

Our neighbors we see at Resurrection
House do not fall into one single
category. They make up a wide cross
section of society. What they do have
in common is the need for immediate
help and hope from our community
as they work to deal with their current
situation and seek to rebuild their lives.
They include:

• The situationally homeless, such as those dealing with a job loss, family
  deterioration, or high debt from a variety of circumstances.
• The working poor, unable to secure affordable housing despite employment.
  They utilize our services several times a week while they attempt to transition
  to a housed situation.
• Seniors who cannot make ends meet and are homeless. Over 25% of
  our clients are over the age of 60, and cannot find affordable housing despite
  receiving Social Security and other benefits.
• The chronic homeless, people who have been homeless for more than
  one year to up to many years, often being part of housing programs and
  assistance programs previously. We provide compassion and care and
  continue to work with them to get housed.
• The mentally ill, needing long term care and compassion through permanent
  support house. Close to 40% of our clients fall in this category.
• Those with substance use disorders, needing residential recovery. Our
  estimates are more that 25% of homeless people struggle with substances.
• Veterans, often battling trauma and bureaucratic red tape. We place a very
  high priority on working with partner agencies to get them housed.
  Oftentimes our clients fall into more than one of these categories. Each story
  is unique, and our volunteers and staff meet them where they are as we assist
  them in rebuilding their lives, with dignity, unlimited compassion, and genuine
  caring. Most importantly, our clients know that whatever their situation, hope
  lives here at Resurrection House.