Lately I have been impacted by encounters I've had working with women facing homelessness/eviction. It breaks my heart to see girls 18-21 with at least one child and not enough support to live successfully. I am so glad to see that those women know that they can seek assistance for housing from my agency, but sometimes it is very hard for me to relate to them and their situations. There are times I wonder what their family situations were as they were growing up that influenced the decisions they made. What do they value? What did their family value?
It really hit me hard this week when I was working with a girl whose situation doesn't fit our funding requirements. I had to tell her that we couldn't help her and tried to brainstorm other options with her. I think I made her cry. Why is it like this?
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