Acres of Diamonds

Many transitional housing organizations are at work to help homeless families. But at Acres, we embrace homeless moms who have a particularly painful personal history. The typical mom Acres seeks to serve is a homeless woman age 18-40 with children ranging from newborns to age 12. She currently has custody of her kids or is working to get them back from foster care. Often she has grown up without a stable home or in a home where abuse, addiction and neglect were common. She may have spent much of her childhood in and out of foster care, shelters, and relatives' homes. She is likely a recovering addict and been referred to Acres by an inpatient rehabilitation provider. In most cases she is a victim of domestic violence. She almost always has mental health challenges.