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A female client with a history of homelessness came to HOMES in 2005. The stability, support, and companionship she found at the El Modena House enabled her to return to teaching ROP computer classes, become involved in the Orange County Community Action Advisory Committee, and in mid-2007 she was hired as the far south region coordinator for the California Network of Mental Health Clients. This client’s leadership and involvement in the mental health community earned her the 2007 Thomas F. Riley “Hope and Courage” Community Service award. A male resident in his mid-40s has been mentally ill since late adolescence, and he generally lived with his family, but during periods of acute illness he became homeless several times, resulting in his father being appointed by the court to be his conservator. The son moved into HOMES-supported independent living in 1999, living successfully on his own for the first time and was eventually released from conservatorship due to improvement in mental health. After several years at HOMES he moved to Jackson Aisle, where he has maintained independent living for three years. He has now been employed at the same part-time job for seven years, completed a college-level music class last semester, and has produced a CD of original music. Due to chronic illness, a male resident was homeless for many years He moved into a HOMES House in 1999, and since then has completed his AA degree and is working as an IT intern at a local college. He finds the balance of privacy with companionship at HOMES to be ideal for him, and when he got his Section 8 certificate three years ago he elected to use it to remain at HOMES rather than move into his own apartment. |
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