by Kyle Dyer | Sep 15, 2019 | affordable housing, Catholic, Catholic Charities, Colorado, community, domestic violence, education, employment, empowering, faith, families, homeless, homeless families, homeless shelter, housing for families, News, non-profit, Samaritan House, second chances, Stories, storytelling, support, supported employment, supporting women, women
After 20 months of being homeless, Sharon and her 12-year-old son Tre once again have a place of their own and the stability and security that comes with that home. Now that they don’t have to worry about where they are going to sleep at night, they are now...
by Kyle Dyer | Jul 8, 2019 | Colorado, community, domestic violence, education, employment, empowering, families, homeless, News, recovery, second chances, social enterprise, Stories, storytelling, support, supporting women, survivors, women, Women's Bean Project
Women’s Bean Project is a social enterprise that employs women who have struggled for far too long to find and retain steady and meaningful work. During 6-9 month program, each woman earns a steady paycheck while creating and preparing food mixes, soups, spice...
by Kyle Dyer | Oct 30, 2018 | affordable housing, Colorado, community, empowering, families, housing for families, News, Stories, support
“Since I was 15 years old, it’s just been a rollercoaster for me. I started hanging out with the wrong people unfortunately, and got into the wrong stuff. ” That was then. This is now: “I’m so excited to back to life. I plan on going...
by Kyle Dyer | Oct 22, 2018 | Colorado, community, developmental disabilities, education, empowering, families, history, intellectual disabilities, learning, News, non-profit, Stories, support, supported employment, teaching
In 1998, a group of families got together to talk about what’s next for their adult children with developmental and intellectual disabilities. They had all graduated from the public school system and needed services and supports that were engaging. That is when...
by Kyle Dyer | Oct 18, 2018 | Catholic, Colorado, community, empowering, families, homeless, homeless families, News, non-profit, recovery, rehabilitation, Stories, survivors
Fawn, her 16-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter struggled for years to find a place to live that Fawn could afford. When the program where they were living announced they had to leave, Fawn’s fears escalated and turned into her new reality. She was homeless....
by Kyle Dyer | Oct 15, 2018 | Colorado, Colorado Expression, community, empowering, leading women, News, non-profit, research, storytelling, women
Thank you Colorado Expression magazine for including me in your Leading Women of Colorado issue!!! What an honor to be included with such an incredible group of women who are making our communities stronger each and every day! Thank you for sharing my story!! ...
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