"I'm an older man - quite successful for most of my life - but in the past few years, fallen upon some hard times. My stay at CHAMP House gave me time to sort out my life, and gave me the inspiration to get out of the rut I was in - to acquire the skills I needed to get back into my profession."

"I was around 7 years old before a teacher didn't believe the bruises and welts were from my falling. I hid in closets when my father was drunk but when he found me he used a stick to beat me."
-Paul, age 17.

"I never finished or succeeded at anything in my life - never worked, quit school in the tenth grade. At CHAMP House, I was able to get my first job and my GED. I've held that job now for over a year with three raises so far! I'm off the ‘weed’ and I've even got a bank account"

"I was told that I was nothing. That I was the real problem and except for me life would be great. So I left home and lived in a tent. Then the nightmares began and the terror that I was totally alone and unloved."
-Louis, age 18.