A Nashville recovery home is providing jobs and support for women with a past
Nashville’s Thistle Farms is no ordinary business — it’s a nonprofit staffed by women who have survived addiction, sexual abuse or trafficking.
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Getting Off the Streets: Blackout (Chapter 1)
Meet the four homeless men that are trying to change their lives. They are fighting addiction, poverty, and their pasts to get off the streets-- but in all wars, there are casualties.
Getting Off the Streets: New Man (Chapter 4)
With only a few weeks left in the program, the remaining men prepare for life off the streets. What challenges wait for them there?
Getting Off the Streets: Second Chance Sonya (Digital Extra)
In our digital extra for "Getting Off the Streets", Sonya Jacobs, the program coordinator/case manager for IHOC, gets a chance to tell her story. In a job that is so emotionally invested, learning how to help these men without losing…
Getting Off the Streets: Trailer
Getting Off the Streets chronicles the dramatic journey of four homeless men from the streets of Camden, New Jersey, who have an opportunity to change their lives. Over six months, our cameras followed them in a rigorous homelessness rehabilitation program.…
Opioid Crisis on Long Island
In 2017, statistics show that the opioid crisis claimed the lives of at least 600 Long Islanders and the numbers continue to rise. Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds, President and CEO of Family and Children’s Association and Krystle Stoddard, Peer Support Specialist…
Redeem-Her Helps Women Get Back on Their Feet
Redeem-Her’s transitional house was launched in 2007 by a former inmate. The non-profit provides support services to women coming out of incarceration and rehab.