Cliff‘s story is a stereotype-breaking example of how
homelessness can be caused by someone‘s choice to
make the right decision. It would be better for his
family to be homeless than to let his young children
live in a house with drugs.
Yes, we take single fathers.
Like so many people who have to consider homelessness
as the right decision, Cliff started with a phone book.
Turned away over and over, he was running out of
numbers to call. ―No one accepted single fathers. It was
all women and children. Nothing for a man and kids.‖
Cliff happened to hear a co-worker talking about a
shelter for the working homeless. ―I didn‘t know if they
would take me as a parent. … I talked to Mr. Ross