During our recent cold snap, we had the pleasure of meeting with Shawna Gurley, Director of Emergency Housing Services, and Nicole Eggert, Program Manager for FrontLine’s to learn more about the City of Cleveland’s “A Home for Every Neighbor” initiative – a new (as of 2024) city program designed to bring a more concentrated combination of resources and interagency services to our unsheltered community members.
Read More“I don’t think people understand how hard it can be for someone, especially a vet, to ask for help so the fact that they do means they have already completed half the battle to getting themselves back on track.”
Nicki Blade is a Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program Manager and has worked at FrontLine for 13 years.
Read MoreOn a bright but frigid Thursday afternoon, residents at Harper’s Pointe, a Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) site, gather in the community room to begin their monthly art workshop. Art instructor and local professional artist, Guy Vincent, introduces the activity of decorating small paper craft boxes, offering coloring supplies, old magazines, glue, and scissors to decorate the boxes however they like.
Read More“When they come through the door, in that moment, there is so much going on in their life that is all jumbled up in their head… you really don’t know where to start. North Point is where you can start over and find direction again.”
-Treveya Franklin, North Point Operations Manager
Read More“People tend to look down on others who do not look or act the way they expect. All of us have a heart, breathe the same air, and bleed the same blood. We should care for others, especially those who are in need of extra support, because everyone needs someone, and we cannot survive alone.”
— Treveya Franklin is the Operations Manager of North Point and has been working at FrontLine since 2014.
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