Domestic Poverty
Claudine and Metro CareRing
The following is an account of Claudine, a participant at Metro CareRing in Denver, Colorado. Claudine recently went through a divorce. Her husband had been the primary breadwinner in the household, and after the divorce Claudine was “dead broke,” as she described it. She was living with family in a very cramped house. She tried […]
Grace's Kitchen
St. Barnabas of the Valley Episcopal Church, in Cortez, Colorado, feeds people. Spiritually, emotionally or physically, the church has found a calling in satiating people’s needs, and especially so in their feeding ministry, Grace’s Kitchen. Started in 1998, Grace’s Kitchen provides one full meal, three days per week, to whoever asks. The Rev. Leigh Waggoner, […]
St. Luke's Bike Program
The Jubilee Ministry of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Coeur d’Alene, in The Episcopal Diocese of Spokane, recently initiated a new program to assist both the homeless, and low income men and women in their community. Their program is based around refurbishing bikes to help individuals travel throughout their community where they would typically have no […]
Jan and St. Francis Center
Two years ago, Jan led a comfortable and prosperous life in her small Colorado community. In her early 60s, she found herself running a successful business, owning a house and genuinely enjoying life. She was independent, quick and hard-working. When she was diagnosed with cancer, however, her situation began to change. Despite working long hours […]
Episcopal Social Services, Wichita
Episcopal Social Services (ESS) is a social service agency in Wichita, Kansas, started by a consortium of Episcopal Parishes in the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas. ESS provides an array of social services and programs aimed at helping people break the cycle of poverty. In 2013 alone, ESS assisted more than 450 people with vocational and […]
Cornerstone Kids, Inc.
Cornerstone Kids, Inc., is a ministry of St. James House of Prayer Episcopal Church, in the Tampa Heights neighborhood of Tampa, Florida. According to census data, 48.2% of St. James’ neighbors live at or below the poverty line. Families are generally headed by single parents, which, when combined with the poverty rate, caused children to […]
Banks-Caddell Neighborhood Partnership
Imagine for just a minute that you are in the 3rd grade again. When school is out, you ride the bus home to an empty house. Mom is at work and will not arrive home until 5:30 or 6:00 p.m. You have a little sister who is five years old that you have to look […]
Josefina and Metro CareRing
The following is an account of Josefina and her family, participants at Metro CareRing in Denver, Colorado. Josefina, a Metro CareRing participant who had been receiving occasional food assistance for several years, met with a Resource Specialist to discuss some financial problems that her family had been having. Josefina felt fortunate to have a stable […]
The Olivera Family
In August 2012, Teresa Olivera had been living at the Harford Family house for just over a year. When she arrived at the Jubilee Ministry site, she and her daughter had been living in their car for six whole months. Carrying in their bags of clothes, she knew a change was coming. Teresa was exceptionally […]
The Duke Family
Joy Duke was suprised when she and her daughter stepped into the Harford Family House, a Jubilee Ministry of the Episcopal Church. Not only was the house providing basic shelter, but also, furniture and everything needed for daily living– from dishes to dressers. According to Joy, she was so overwhelmed, she “sat down on the […]
