How Mental Illness Affects People Experiencing Homelessness “If you hear their story, you realize they’re not crazy- they’re just walking through a broken story in their life.” Dan Miller, a counselor from our mental health partner agency, Florida Counseling Foundation, describes his day-to-day experience when counseling people who experience homelessness. “Nothing is...
Look Beyond The Cover “People will assume or believe why you’re homeless just by looking at you - because you’re carrying a bag or because of the clothes you’ve got on. They categorize you. They don’t know what you’ve been through without reading the book. They just look at the cover.”...
The Importance of Dismantling Stigmas of Homelessness “Society needs to get out of the mentality of what homelessness is. It’s not the person on the side of the street with a sign. It’s your neighbor, your friend, people you used to go to school with, someone with a degree, with a...
Reach, Inspire, Sustain, Empower Limited resources for affordable housing, the stigmas of homelessness, and the growing economic barriers our neighbors experience are the exact reasons why The Sharing Center is working to produce a new program. ProjectRISE-- Reach, Inspire, Sustain, Empower is estimated to launch in early 2022. ProjectRISE will work...
“To me, homeless people are like superheroes, the things we have to endure, aren’t just for everyday people. I forget what it’s like to sleep on a bed. You can’t remember what it’s like to walk up to your faucet and just have a cup of water.” Hendricks Reyes, age 49,...