The North family is from south Ohio. The family includes the mother, Tanisha age 32, two sons, Jack, 13 and Tyler, 12, and two daughters, Delicia, 12 and Tyrra, 3. They arrived in Toledo after fleeing domestic abuse in their home city of Columbus.

Raina's journey to homelessness began in her childhood as her home life was traumatic. She witnessed abuse toward her mother and substance use by her father. Raina and her brother, Jay, were often left alone for long hours during the day and evening when Raina was only a few years old and Jay was even younger.

Charity is a vivacious young mother of five children: three girls and two boys. However, when she first entered our Shelter, she was in a state of distress and her children were very anxious.

Darrell met the mother of his children when they were young; he was 19 and she was 18. By the time Darrell was 24, he had two young boys, but life was far from wonderful. Darrell's wife had suffered an accident that left her with excruciating pain in her shoulder. She was prescribed medication that she soon found she was unable to stop taking. This created difficulty within the marriage, as she was unable to properly care for her children or go to work. Eventually, Darrell left her. Due to her substance use, he was awarded sole custody of both boys.

After growing up in foster care, Briyanna dropped out of school at 16, then became pregnant. By the time her daughter was five, they were facing homelessness.

Sometimes miracles do happen. That’s what one of our Participants said after working with Leading Families Home to reunite her family and find permanent housing. Our Participant, Jen, and her husband, Lee, were referred to Leading Families Home from Family House, an emergency shelter in Toledo. ...

It’s an unfortunate negative – and false – perception that most homeless people are addicted to drugs or alcohol. Most are not. But some do struggle with addiction, and they deserve the same respect and support as everyone else. Meet Bryant and Bianca, a couple referred to ...

Diamond Meet Diamond, a 27 year old mother of two young children, who dropped out of high school before graduating. She came to Beach House Family Shelter with several challenges, including a poor credit score and little income, which made it difficult for her to find ...

Homelessness doesn’t just happen to people; sometimes it can take months or years for a family to move through a set of circumstances that brings them to homelessness. Such is the case for Tana, a 32 year old single mother of three, who came to Beach ...