Daily Victories from SSVF Jonesboro- Housed and in Good Health
MB was admitted into the program in May 2023 with a history of homelessness and hospitalizations for lung disease. For a time, he had been living in a motel paid …
“To Give All for All”
Chris Prothro grew up in El Dorado, Arkansas and joined the Army right after high school. He served from 1994 until 2000. “I had a half tuition scholarship for baseball …
Daily Victories from SSVF Jonesboro- I Thought I Would Be Homeless
KT is a homeless prevention client who came to SSVF last month. He had been a supervisor at a factory for 14 years and had been laid off 6 months …
Daily Victories from SSVF Jonesboro success: New Furniture!
D.L was the first Veteran I assisted when I came to SSVF. Mr. L had been living in his car for a few days before he found out about our …
Have You Met Our Community Partners?
Have you met our community food partners? Without their help and generosity, we would have far less food for all our clients, from unsheltered to Veterans! One of our newest …
Just One Change of Clothes
HJ has been staying in shelters since leaving an abusive relationship. When her time ran out at her last shelter, she lived in a tent and began looking for another …
Daily Victories from SSVF- Often a Temporary Housing is the First Step
What does it take to get a Veteran into temporary housing? Every case is different, but here are some of the things that happen: an intake is done to make …
Stories from the Staff- Helping However We Can
AT is an example of helping even when we “can’t help”. He had moved here from Florida to help his mother who was ill. Her finances were in a mess …
That’s a Lot of Food and Families Served!
After all the holiday busyness, you might think things would slow down at St. Francis House. But no, last Wednesday was a very busy day with all our regular clients, …
Daily Victories from SSVF-Vets Helping Vets
Our Veterans community always steps in to help out. We’ve recently had two examples of Vets helping Vets. We gad a Veteran from Re-Entry that we helped get housed in a …