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| Agencies cooperate to help people help themselves |
When her baby is crying with
hunger a mama can't think about much else. When a family is sleeping in the car that problem is the
main thing on their minds. When a senior citizen has to choose between lights and medicine it's
hard to think about much else.
Once those emergency
needs are met people can start to think about and work on the underlying causes of the problem. Caring Hands Ministries volunteers help our clients to recognize
and overcome these underlying causes. Often we work together with other agencies and ministries to coordinate assistance
and help the client develop the skills and attitudes they need to be self reliant.
The mom in this picture is talking wth Mary
Lou
of Neighborhood Revitalization in Hall County
about how to work towards having her own home.
Caring Hands Ministries offers
- WORK ASSISTANCE SO PEOPLE CAN WORK AND EARN THE HELP THEY NEED
- LIFE SKILLS TRAINING
- WORK READINSS, WORK SKILLS TRAINING AND WORK EXPERIENCE
- HELP TO FIND A JOB
- INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICES
- ADVOCACY, MENTORING, SOMEONE TO LISTEN AND TO CARE
A homeless father-to-be in our work assistance program was helping us get ready
for Clothes Day. He spotted a pair of boots that looked like they might fit him. Charles noticed him looking at them
and told him he could have them. He tried them on, a perfect fit. He nearly cried. Just that morning he had applied for a
job and been turned down because of his ragged shoes. Charles told him to call them back. The job was still available. He
started work the next morning. Caring Hands Work Assistance Program encourages people to earn the help they need while learning
the skills, attitudes and habit they need to be successful in a regular job. Because this young man was
working for the help he needed - doing something to help somebody else- he was in the right place at the right time to get
the thing he needed to open the door to a well paying job.
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