Families in Need

In 2006, my family was living on the financial edge. With no safety net, we existed week to week and the rent that we owed was increasing dramatically. No matter how hard my husband and I searched, the job market was just not producing for us, until eventually, in February of 2006, we were forced to leave our home and the city that I grew up in.

We were blessed not to be literally catapulted into the streets like some families, however, with hesitation we grabbed our belongings and ventured through the doors of a family shelter run by Housing Families, Inc.

Homelessness, whether it be individual or family-related, should not exist. It is a national issue that needs to be stopped for the sake of not only the taxpayers, but most importantly for the families that endure its repercussions. Finding refuge either on the streets on in a shelter should be something that no one, especially a child, should experience. "Home sweet home" should be a term that we are all familiar with, but what should be and what is the reality is too many people and families are still without a home.

Read More:

http://www.streetnewsservice.org/news/2011/february/feed-270/families-in-need.aspx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IzUjMcylPg...Video that really is the voices of Families in Need