“If we continue in this Covid crisis, then what’s really happening is I’m crippled.”Canceled fundraisers and lost revenue due to the pandemic mean scaled-back services for struggling people.
Two years ago, at the end of her rope, Jessica Powers walked into Gilgal, a small residential recovery program in Atlanta that for 15 years has helped homeless women get past addictions and into jobs and housing.
She was losing a battle with an opioid addiction started by a prescription painkiller, and says she doesn’t know where she’d be if she hadn’t gotten into Gilgal, where she had a year of counseling, and coaching on resumes and job interviews as well as budgeting and health insurance. “There’s no telling,” says the...
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