Category: Finding Home

• July 9, 2022

  Denied Shelter

  

  Denied shelter? How could we be denied shelter? I remember the frustrating look on my mothers face that night when we got the notice on our door. I remember us having to pack whatever we could fit in our two backpacks. I remember us having to throw out everything that was left over because we…
• November 29, 2016

  The Beginning

  

  The first shelter was I think somewhere in a not so pretty part in Manhattan. There were so many that we moved into that it was hard to keep up with addresses. But I can remember how everything was that first night. We walked in the front lobby of the shelter close to 3:30 in…
• November 20, 2016

  We. Are. Homeless.

  

  I remember the first night where my family and I stepped foot into Prevention Assistance and Temporary Housing (PATH). I was so scared and confused on what was happening in our life at that moment. For those who do not know what PATH is, it’s the agency that homeless families go to get placed in…