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Debby: WELL, SINCE 19, 1994,N
AGENCY HOPES THOSE WHO SUDDENLY
FIND THEMSELVES HOMELESS.
Eric: IT'S CALLED INTERFAITH
AND IT HELPS PEOPLE GET BACK ON
THEIR FEAT.
LAUREN LOWREY HAS MORE .
Reporter: IF YOU GO BACK OVER
THE LAST FEW MOSS, HER LIFE
LOOKED VERY DIFFERENT.
I WAS LAID OFF AND I COULDN'T
PAY RENT.
Reporter: THEY WOULD JUST
MOVED TO INDIANA FROM LOUISIANA.
THEY HAD NO ONE TO HELP AND
DIDN'T NOWHERE TO GO.
AT LEAST WE WEREN'T SLEEPING
ON THE STREETS.
WE DON'T WANT GUESTS TO COME
IN AND BECOME DEPENDENT ON US.
WE WANT TO CONNECT THEM TO THE
COMMUNITY.
PART OF THE REASON WHY THEY'VE
FALL NO ONE HOMELESSNESS IS
BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO NET.
SO TO CREATE THAT NET FOR THEM.
Reporter: AT NIGHT, EACH
FAMILY IS GIVEN THEIR OWN ROOM.
THEY'RE FED BREAKFAST, DINNER,
AND GIVEN A SACK LUNCH, AND THEN
BUSSED BACK TO THE INTERFAITH
BASE CENTER IN THE MORNING.
THE PROCESS CAN LAST UP TO THREE
MONTHS, BUT A NEW PROGRAM HELPS
FAMILIES UP TO 24 MONTHS AFTER
THAT.
IF YOU'VE BEEN TROUBLED
ENOUGH TO BE HOMELESS, 90 DAYS
IN THE HOMELESS SHELTER ISN'T
ENOUGH TO BEGIN TO SOLVE THOSE
PROBLEMS.
THEY BEGIN TO BUILD ON
RELATIONSHIPS THAT HAVE BEEN
THERE, THEN WE CAN SUPPORT THAT
FAMILY AND PREVENT A FALL BACK
INTO HOMELESSNESS.
Reporter: FOR KIM, INTERFAITH
HAS BEEN A LIFESAVER.
I HAD LOW SELF-ESTEEM.
I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO
GET OUT OF OF THE SITUATION I
WAS IN.
I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE
HOMELESS.
YOU KNOW.
Reporter: NOW NEXT WEEK KIM
AND HER FAMILY WILL BE MOVING
INTO THEIR NEW HOME JUST IN TIME
FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
LAUREN LOWREY, 24 HOUR NEWS 8.
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