Steps in the Right Direction

This email sent by Mary Ferrell on 10/17 and I felt it should be shared here on our public forum…

I wanted to take a minute to tell you all how the collaboration between our agencies really came together yesterday to help one of our homeless youth find some stability in a highly unstable time in her life.  This young lady has been both a runaway and kicked out and has had some unfortunate experiences while on the streets and came to us feeling lost and needing direction.  After a hot meal and some comforting advise from our Maslow staff, we realized there was a need for some family mediation and a safe place for her to go last night.  Thank you Ginger from Mediation Works for being available at the last minute to help her through the conversation with her mom and come to an agreement that the Host Home program through Community Works would be a safe alternative.  I’m also grateful that through our partnership with Community Works that she was able to more quickly connect with their staff to get placed and is now safely in a host home.  I do not know the status as of this minute today but when I look at the team work that happened yesterday to help this teen, it reaffirms for me how important it is that we are all here working together!  Great job