Client Stories
Christina
Christina thought she had lost everything. Thank you for helping this local mother rebuild her life free of violence.
Christina fled her abusive husband leaving behind their home, business and, reluctantly, her two daughters. It was a heart-wrenching decision but she had always been the sole target of the abuse and, without a home or income, she knew she couldn’t provide for her girls. What followed was a long court battle, including restraining orders, a foreclosure, and visitation courts....
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Andre
Andre felt trapped and hopeless. Thank you for helping this teen escape the "bubble" that was his anxiety.
Andre’s anxiety was so intense that he didn’t want to leave the house. He says he felt “trapped” and that his life was “a bubble I couldn’t escape.” Andre stopped going to school and avoided any social interactions aside from his mother. “[I was] in and out of the hospital and lost hope for living,” he says. Thanks to you...
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Maria
You made sure Maria was not left alone and afraid. Thank you for helping her heal and move forward!
Maria had only been in the U.S. for 10 months when she was sexually and physically assaulted by a co-worker. Though she reported the assault, Maria was afraid to accept help because she was undocumented. She felt very scared and all alone. Thanks to you and your generosity, Maria was connected to a team of compassionate sexual assault advocates who...
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Jorge
Thank you for giving Jorge a second chance in life!
“I was extremely lonely, angry, and deep into my addiction to alcohol,” says 26-year-old Jorge. He was in and out of the hospital almost every weekend, had lost his job, and was facing issues with the law. Jorge was extremely depressed and considering suicide. Thanks to you and your support, Jorge finally received the comprehensive mental health care he needed....
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Olivia
6-year-old Olivia was afraid to go to school. Thanks to you, she just finished the year successfully!
6-year-old Olivia was so afraid of her class’s teacher’s aide that she refused to go to school. By the time we met her, she had already missed months of school. Her mother, Rosa, learned to homeschool Olivia but didn’t know what else to do. “It was so hard not knowing how to help her,” said Rosa. Thanks to you, when...
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Conner
Conner was so anxious he would cry every morning before school. Thank you for giving him the mental health care he so desperately wanted and needed.
Anxiety kept 14-year-old Conner up at night and left him crying in the morning before school. He struggled just to get through each day. Conner was failing his classes and was angry and irritable with his family and friends. Conner knew he needed help and asked his mom to find him mental health care. Thanks to you, when Conner reached...
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Salma & Sofia
Salma's abuser retaliated by taking her daughter away. Thank you for giving her safe shelter and helping her reunite with little Sofia.
Salma was tired, terrified and feeling hopeless when she arrived at our domestic violence shelter. And she was very angry, too. She had reported her abuser to the police but he retaliated by filing a restraining order against her. Salma was already struggling with homelessness and occasional drug use — encouraged by her abuser. The legal action against her triggered the...
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Laura
Laura isn't afraid to go home anymore. Thank you for giving her safe shelter and a path forward free of violence!
Laura was scared and anxious when she walked into our office on a Friday afternoon. She was too afraid to go back home and had nowhere else to turn. Thanks to you, Laura was able to get immediate safe shelter and the support that she needed – both legal and emotional – to permanently escape from her abuser. Laura sat...
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Mateo
16-year-old Mateo was facing felony charges for theft. Thank you for giving him the support he needed to make better life choices!
We first met 16-year-old Mateo during intake for our partner program, the Santa Clara County Youth Task Force Diversion Program. Mateo was facing felony charges for theft. “I was not paying attention to what my friends were really up to and it made me start behaving badly and being disrespectful to family and school adults,” he says. Our THRIVE youth...
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Thomas
Thomas drank to quiet the mean voices. Your gift of mental health care saved his life!
“The voices would tell me not to say anything and they were mean,” says 57-year-old Thomas. It’s why he never told anyone about them. Instead he turned to alcohol to quiet the voices. The drinking led to bad choices and eventually to jail. Thomas would serve his time, sober up, get released, then relapse and repeat the cycle again… and...
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