Eight years. That’s how long our neighbor, we’ll call him Tom (not his real name), spent living in the woods around Kansas City until last spring when, with the help of Kimberly Henderson, our Client Care Supervisor, he signed a lease on his very own apartment. With his key in hand and a safe place to call his own, Tom said it was like finding a sense of healing for the first time in nearly a decade. “I have a door I can lock,” he said. “I almost feel human again.”

When Janet unknowingly walked into a work presentation and heard RS Executive Director, Father Justin Mathews, talking about the work of Reconciliation Services, she was overcome. "I was one ... I benefited from your services," she shared in front of a room full of her coworkers at Humana. 

“Changing my perspective to gratitude is part of what keeps me sober,” Emily Spadling said. “As the saying goes, 'You can't feel grateful and feel sorry for yourself at the same time.’”