Clients
- Average age ranges from 33-38 years for current
residents
- Almost all House of Grace clients have been victims
of abuse
- Many clients do not have a high school diploma;
many do not have a junior high education
- Little-to-no job training - many have not held
jobs for more than 3-6 months
One Success Story
Jan (name changed to protect identity) came
to House of Grace with an extremely violent history.
She had lost her children and, due to her past, had
been told that she would never see them again. Working
over and over with government programs produced nothing.
All hope was gone. "I need to recover for me
- even if I never see my children again," Jan
said. She moved forward with this attitude of pursuing
sobriety and taking responsibility for what she had
done. Jan's social worker was one of the few who would
at least talk with her and make an attempt for reunification.
At Jan's first court trial, the district attorney
would not offer reunification, but the judge miraculously
overrode that decision. Based on the current law,
an individual is only allowed six months to achieve
sobriety when attempting reunification with children
under three years of age. The judge's decision, therefore,
was miraculous, since Jan was given 12 months to pursue
sobriety. After working her program and doing everything
the court and her social worker asked her to do, Jan
and her children were reunited. They are no longer
wards of the court. She recently received housing
and will soon graduate. When she first came to House
of Grace, she was inebriated and could barely walk.
Today, she is responsible, healthy, sober, and loves
the Lord Jesus Christ. She's a good mom and her children
come first when she is making decisions.
Other successes at House of Grace
At House of Grace the staff defines "success"
as a beneficial change in a mother's life that allows
her to work toward becoming self-sufficient and a
good parent. Some of these successes are:
- Helping a five-year-old child, who had been so
traumatized from abuse, begin to speak
- Allowing children who had been previously abandoned
feel safe and secure in child care
- Overcoming illiteracy and learning disabilities
through the educational programs
- Becoming gainfully employed and giving back to the community
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