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• Partners in Housing mdunlap@partnersinhousing.org.
• PEAK Parent Center peakparent.org, 531-9400.
• Pikes Peak Chapter of the American Red Cross 632-3563.
• Pikes Peak Historical Street Railway Foundation 475-9508.
• Pikes Peak Library District ppld.org/volunteer.
• The PLACE 630-3223, theplacecos.org.
• Safe Passage 636-2460.
• SET Family Medical Clinics tinyurl.com/y83y6ut2.
• Silver Key Senior Services silverkey.org.
• Sisters Thrift and Boutique 282-0316.
• Smokebrush Gallery and Foundation for the Arts 444-1012.
• Special Kids Special Families 447-8983, sksf@sksfcolorado.org.
• Springs Recovery Connection 465-2295, srchope.org.
• StableStrides 495-3908, stablestrides.org.
• Teen Court 475-7815.
âChaoticâ and âunstableâ is how Nina describes growing up with a single mother who worked three jobs to keep her five children clothed and fed.
âMy childhood life was not beautiful,â says Nina, who lost a hard-drinking brother to suicide. She blames a lack of love and structure for her hard-headedness, inability to cope with life, feelings of being lost, and petty crimes.
After she became pregnant at age 20, she feared she would repeat her unhealthy childhood story: a single mother working low-paying jobs and struggling to realize her dreams for her child. She feared becoming part of a worrisome statistic: Two-thirds of homeless women have children with them.