TRAINEE STORIES
Taylore
Taylore Blanton, like so many other high school graduates, was not sure what he wanted to do after he graduated. He was the first in his family to complete high school and while he wanted to go to college, he knew his family could not afford it. As luck would [...]
Carlhie
We LOVE it when we can celebrate a graduation from our Training Academy.This week, Carlhie will graduate from the Kindred Kitchen Employment Training Academy. This is a big deal as Carlhie has a newfound sobriety after being homeless for quite a long time. Her response to the 12-week culinary training [...]
Precious
In 2013, when Precious found Housing Hope she was 9 months pregnant and homeless. She found Housing Hope through a referral to help her, her boyfriend and her soon to be born daughter to get off the streets. Her daughter was born a week after getting housing. While at [...]
Sergey
Prior to our Training Program Sergey was living on the streets. He faced a variety of barriers which prevented him from finding work. He connected with an Employment Specialist who recommended the Ground Works Training Program as a way to reenter the workforce. Sergey said he learned a lot [...]
Michael
On January 17th, 2014 Michael regained consciousness in the middle of the street. He couldn’t remember how he got there and was weighed down by a feeling of heaviness that wouldn’t let him up. Eventually, a friendly police officer helped him off the ground and told him he was [...]
O’Rian
O’Rian was a single father of a 9 year-old daughter and didn’t have a job in six months. He was introduced to an employment specialist for Housing Hope who put him into the Housing Hope life skills classes. From there O’Rian interviewed for an trainee opportunity at Ground Works [...]