Job training graduates overcome pasts of jail, addiction, homelessness to begin a new life
The Montgomery Advertiser 5/11/2021 Brad Harper, Montgomery Advertiser
Kristin Willmon was in her 40s when she managed to escape what she would only describe as “a bad marriage” in another city. But she escaped into an addiction and fell into a life on the streets of Montgomery.
Roderick Wilkerson was in his 30s, also homeless, and in and out of jail. “I didn’t know where my next meal was going to come from,” he said. “I was pretty much that guy that they put inside the car and run him into the wall. I was just a crash dummy.”
Governor Ivey awards money to help combat homelessness
A new grant is assisting those who were left homeless during COVID-19 By Tiffany Thompson | April 9, 2021 at 10:44 PM CDT - Updated April 9 at 10:45 PM
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Governor Kay Ivey is awarding more than $22 million to help Alabamians who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The city of Huntsville is getting $1.8 million to help the growing crisis.
Homelessness is something Huntsville city leaders have been talking about for some time now, and they hope the portion of money they get from Governor Ivey will mean no one else is left on the streets.
Local non-profit and church to open Max Luther Community Center as warming shelter Max Luther Community Center (Source: waff) By Stefante Randall | February 14, 2021 at 9:31 PM CST - Updated February 14 at 9:31 PM
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) -If you need a warm place to stay as the temperatures drop below freezing for the next few days, several local organizations in the Tennessee Valley have their doors open.
For more than a decade, Lineise Arnold has served as the Executive Director for The North Alabama Coalition for the Homeless.
The non-profit works to raise awareness on homelessness, while providing resources.
As temperatures continue to drop in the Tennessee Valley, Arnold and the Episcopal Church of Nativity has partnered to help provide a warm shelter to those in need at the Max Luther Community Center.