Woman who lived in shelter as child now helping families in same situation — at the same NJ shelter

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (WABC) — Jalisa Williams went from residing at York Avenue Undertaking’s St. Joseph’s House in Jersey Metropolis along with her mother and siblings to now serving to households which are in the identical state of affairs on the identical shelter that helped her.

25 years in the past, Williams was three years previous after they got here.

“I bear in mind me and my brother interacting with the employees, the issues they did for us for Christmas and Easter,” Williams mentioned.

With the soundness St. Joseph’s House gave her household, Williams finally graduated from Rutgers College and landed her dream job as a household case supervisor with York Avenue Undertaking.

“I see lots of people that is right here proper now on the consumer record, and I have a look at them and I do not need to say I see myself in them, however I perceive what they’re going by,” Williams mentioned.

St. Joseph’s House falls below the umbrella of a number of household disaster companies supplied by the non-profit.

York Avenue Undertaking supplies lengthy and brief time period shelters for households and anticipating mothers.

“It is meals, case administration, trauma knowledgeable remedy, job and profession readiness coaching,” Christine Kane-Perez, Director of Improvement of York Avenue Undertaking mentioned.

The Pre-Okay training remains to be flourishing lengthy after Williams was a pupil.

A whole lot of households have discovered their method again to stability and Williams was not the one witness.

New Jersey native and philanthropist Kool Kiy began a now multi-million greenback sneaker and clothes empire. Kiy donated hundreds of {dollars} price of things to children at St. Joseph’s.

“Our household had individuals who wanted these companies and we determined to present again they helped us out,” David Timmons of the York Avenue Undertaking mentioned.

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