Faces of Homelessness: Homeless No Longer
Two women overcome obstacles to find a place to call home.
This is the third installment in a four-part series on homelessness in Fairfax County. Watch a video of Patch's interview with Thella Jacobs. Links to other parts of this series are below this article. --------- Amanda Colliflower and Thella Jacobs have never crossed paths. They’ve lived vastly different lives. But Colliflower, a former prostitute, and Jacobs, a former federal government employee, both landed in homeless shelters, and both knew they needed hope — and determination — to change their lives for the better. Colliflower, 22, is on the road to getting back on her feet. Currently she lives with her 11-month-old daughter, Delilah, in a transitional housing apartment through New Hope Housing. It’s her toddling daughter that gets …
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Paul Krizek
11:29 am on Thursday, March 15, 2012
Very inspiring! I just want to clear up something though that Christian Relief Services is very much "not defunct" and working in tandem with New Hope Housing and GSH to continue to provide transitional housing throughout the County. more ›