Looking at Karah today, you wouldn’t realize she’s had to fight so hard for what she has. With two amazing kids, a full-time job and stable housing, she is in a good place. And thus, so is her family. But it wasn’t always this way. Karah, 43, has spent years battling a mighty foe — her addiction, and...
Our clients are going places, figuratively and literally. As individuals and as a group, they’ve achieved incredible success over the last year as they propel themselves forward on the path to their best lives. They’ve found jobs, excelled in training opportunities, engaged socially in the community and gained independent housing. For them, the roads ahead are filled with...
Nationwide, one in four women and one in seven men have been victims of severe physical violence by an intimate partner within their lifetime, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Unfortunately, in smaller communities like ours, access to domestic violence prevention services, such as counseling and legal assistance, can often be difficult to access. Our...
If you haven’t heard by now, let me be the first to share our very exciting news: we are the proud owners of a Bed & Breakfast! On February 16, Human Support Services closed on property at 4505 HH Road in Waterloo that we plan to operate as a bed and breakfast and a group home. This...
By the looks of them, they weren’t excited about this day. Even the most eager learners aren’t typically enthusiastic about being crammed into a tiny conference room for eight hours. But this group – eight men and one woman – looked particularly pessimistic about this training session. They were corrections officers – jailers in conversational terms – and...
She watches as he slips on his sneakers and pulls on his backpack. In the sunlit kitchen, there’s time for one quick hug between hurried bites of buttered toast. She pauses, holding him just one second longer than usual, until he grumbles, “Mom! I’m going to be late!” She grins and holds him at arm’s length so...
Two days. Just 48 hours until school starts again. In two days I’ll be right back there in that freshly-polished hallway, standing there with a frozen smile on my face, pretending everything is perfect. I’ll listen as Madison tells me all about her latest boyfriend, and I’ll laugh when Taylor goes on about her epic Snapchat fail. As...
In a family, when one member is sick or troubled, the others rally together to support and uplift their loved one. The same is true for communities. We’ve seen countless examples here in Monroe County of our community rallying together to support a family in need or help a sick or injured child. That communal selflessness often...
Every Monday through Thursday this summer, Human Support Services clients will pack up coolers and take a ride out to a few smaller outlying towns in our region. In these towns, our clients are the front line volunteers handing out sack lunches to children and adults who might otherwise struggle to find enough to eat on...
HSS is excited to announce that some of our clients will now be working with the City of Waterloo to help beautify the community! Through a new partnership with the city, our clients will work to keep the streets of downtown clean and continue the mayor's ongoing efforts of beautification. "Our clients our thrilled with this new...
