Terry came to Hope Town to start over. He was leaving Akron, and the only thing standing between him and a fresh start was the first month's rent, which he could not cover.
The Success Fund covered that one month.
Three weeks later he was working. He stayed in that job for nine months, and somewhere in there he stopped needing help with rent and started paying it himself.
He is now training to become a peer supporter, so he can do for someone else what was done for him.
Terry, a Hope Town resident. Shared with his written permission.