Community Ministry Faithful Landlord Report November 2005

This quarter we have 5 new families receiving your support to help them move on their path to self-sufficiency. We award this subsidy based on need and accomplishment for a 3 month time frame and re-assess quarterly to see if they are still the most needy of our clients.

JB- is a single mother of one child. Prior to coming to our program, she was living with her abusive mother. She is employed as an administrative assistant and was recently given a raise and promotion. Ms. B has struggled with her finances, particularly because her child support checks recently stopped coming and she has an older car that keeps breaking down. Ms. B is in the process of pursuing legal options to re-instate her child support payments. She hopes to clean up her credit problems and continue paying bills on time. Ms. B has been very open to receiving assistance and utilizes the local food resources in the area. With her continued dedication and commitment, we have no doubt Ms. B will succeed.

AJ- works full time with children with autism, but because her employer is unreliable in payroll, she recently has gotten a part time job at a local supermarket. Ms. J is a hard-worker who has always held at least two jobs, but because of some issues with depression and low self-esteem, she has been unable to command high wage earning jobs. She is currently pursuing leads at local social service agencies, in the hopes of working with families with children with disabilities. Ms. J has one year left to complete her master’s degree in professional counseling, but has been on a hiatus from school in order to clean up her credit problems and get stable. She has been making good progress toward her goals of paying off her debt as well as participating in our Women’s Group and we expect to see her graduate in the next 6 months to one year.

TB- is a single mother raising a newborn child. The father of her child is working in another state and has decided to remain where he is. He has not provided any support to the family, so she is seeking child support through the court system. Ms. B works as a billing specialist for a medical office. Since her arrival into our program, she has been working on the goals of correcting her credit problems, moving forward with her dream of working in fashion design and raising her child in a safe and stable environment.

TJM- She and her husband and their 3 children were living on the street when they entered our program. This past quarter, Mr. M has left the family, leaving Mrs. JM to raise the children herself. She currently works as an administrative assistant at a vocational high school for children with disabilities. Her children suffer from some mental and physical health disabilities that Mrs. JM has been pursuing treatment for. Her immediate goals are to stabilize her families’ financial and medical needs.

EW- is a new client as of July 2005. She is a single mother of two children who works as a teacher’s assistant for Fairfax County Public Schools. She loves working with children and dreams of the day she will be a full time certified teacher. Ms.W had trouble finding a place on her own because of her credit history and an eviction in her past. After several months of staying with her mother and friends, she was accepted into our program. Ms. W is a very motivated young lady who has set the goals of paying off her debts and cleaning up her credit problems, taking courses to become a teacher, and raising her children in a safe and stable environment.