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chelsea caban of The Institute for Human Service — Chelsea Caban
Date September 2, 2021
I’m really happy to have my daughters back in a routine. Being homeless, everything gets out of whack and crazy. I watched my kids and I suffer. Things got out of routine. Now, it’s so good to see them have normalcy. I feel like it gave us a new chance...
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terry lauro of The Institute for Human Service — Terry Lauro
Date September 2, 2021
Terry Lauro, who was homeless on and off for seven years, recently transitioned from Tutu Bert’s House into a long-term independent group home, where she is now stable. She is the first person to successfully transition from the facility, which opened in March 2016. After a lengthy hospital stay due...
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michelle kupahu of The Institute for Human Service — Michelle Kupahu
Date September 2, 2021
Michelle Kupahu was on the road to recovery when she first heard about IHS' services. A close friend who was also getting back on her feet, Vivian Kin-Seu, had recently received housing support and encouraged Michelle to also seek assistance from IHS. Through the help of a housing specialist, Michelle found an apartment...
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vivian seu of The Institute for Human Service — Vivian Kim-Seu
Date September 2, 2021
My experience at IHS was so welcoming, I have referred friends to their housing office to seek support. Lacking a stable home for years, Vivian Kim-Seu, a mother of six, often obtained food through homeless service providers in Waianae and Honolulu. Her extended family, who was also homeless at the time, sought...
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Success Stories of The Institute for Human Service — Vaughn
Date September 2, 2021
Vaughn was in his senior year at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa—a straight-A dean’s list student on his way to a degree in social work—when a car accident left him with a badly broken jaw and opioid prescriptions for the pain. What was supposed to help him heal became...
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