Join us in congratulating Lavonne for ending her and her kids’ homeless situation. When Lavonne called we built a budget with her, and after she found a rental she could afford we paid the security deposit so they could all move in.

Dear OTS, My story of how I became homeless is that I filled out my taxes back In February internal revenue decided to audit my taxes. I was in the process of using my refund to move into my on place and that got put on hold due to the audit this really put me in a hardship situation I was depending on my refund to move into my on place and this happens I literally became homeless due to this situation I was living from here to their from ones friends house to another I was sleeping in her backyard in my car I. Front of her house with my car I was also sleeping at my job parking lot to make sure I got to work I was sleeping in Walmart parking lots in my car sometimes I couldn’t take a shower I would wash up at McDonald’s this became so frustrating people treat you different when your going through something are you don’t have you own place I went to another friends mack house and asked him if I could take a shower and sleep on the couch and I he said yes I I explained to him what happened so he said I could sleep on the couch so last month he told me I had to find a place because he was on housing and he could no longer assist me with my living arrangements so I begin looking for a place because he was afraid of losing his housing by having me their. I was referred to your agency through 211 and I’m grateful for this agency I was praying that your agency would be able to assist me god answered my prayers I’m so thankful and grateful that your agency could assist me I have lost so much during the hardship I lost my storage so I have to start all over I’m in need of basic things like towel dishes pots and pans and a queen size mattress and a washer and dryer I had all these things but I lost my storage this would be a great help to me if I could get some of those thing I just want to say to you and your agency that you have in place I pray that god continues to bless your agency and the individuals staff member that help individuals like mea and other families get off the street and into our on place I feel truly blessed and again thank you from the bottom of my heart. – Lavonne

This family brings our placements this year to 89 and our grand total since we started OTS back in 2014 up to 599. Read more about our charity at OTSHB.COM.