Housing
Lilly
Alamance County. Aid recipient.
Illness and Domestic Violence
I wasn’t able to work. With me, what was going on, I wasn’t able to work, with my health and transportation and other things set me back. And I had a personal… I was living with someone. I had a bad relationship problem too, and I lost everything I had. Continue reading
Kimberly
Alamance County, NC. Aid recipient and volunteer.
Battling Mental Illness
My story is, I came to North Carolina because I found myself near being homeless when I was in Las Vegas. I lost my job. I lost my apartment, so I came here to live with my mother. My mom soon after sold the property in which we were living in, and she moved in with her boyfriend, so that left me homeless. Continue reading
Christine
Alamance County. Aid recipient.
Caring for Sick Parents
I was enrolled at GTCC [Guilford Technical College]. I was living in a family home with my parents taking care of them. My father got really bad. He started having seizures, which they thought were strokes. Well, things started going south at that point Continue reading
Eddie Boswell
Stigma about Food Aid —Alamance County, NC, politician— Like I say, some people just would do anything not to do it [accept government assistance] because it just feels like they’re less than what they should be is pretty much it. … Continue reading
Cola
“Making the Safety Net More Visible in Philadelphia,” by Jon Hurdel. New York Times, Aug. 30, 2013. Photo by Mark Makela/New York Times. Cola Dockery, 34, was released from prison in February after serving six months for burglary and armed robbery, … Continue reading