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There are six pods of four bedrooms.
Each pod has a common area with
tables, mostly used for dominoes, and
a television. The TVs become fan terri-
tory during football season, Dimas said,
with the most popular games featured
throughout the facility.
Each resident comes in with their own
barriers, Dimas explained. What they
receive at the housing center is based on
those hurdles.
The program operates along the “con-
tinuum of care” followed by many orga-
nizations that assist the homeless. It falls
between the stages of linking services and
providing housing, Dimas said.
It is set up to move the homeless to a
home in two years, taking them through
several stages, including admission; an
adjustment phase, where barriers are
identified; a period where barriers are
prioritized and overcome; a period of
savings and budgeting; a stability phase;
and finally, a transition phase in which
housing to meet their needs is located. V
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some of the men are not ready to take
the chances that come with it. But each V->-i
person seen at the center receives links <
to resources and a bit of hope, she said.
Many of them will return to independent .
living when they are ready.
“We are a judge-free zone,” she said. iLg
“We aren’t here to force anyone to do
anything. We are here to help them and
when they are ready, we are here.” Senior Case Manager Kenia Dimas introduces Michael Anthony Dewar at the Transitional
Helping can easily seem overwhelming, Housing for Men. Dewar, originally from Jamaica has lived in the United States for over 20
but Dimas takes to heart the words of years. He will be taking the test to become a naturalized citizen.
Mother Teresa, to simply help one person Mary Cottingham, South Texas Catholic
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