From Homelessness to Self-Sufficiency Turning Lives Around-Healing Trauma at Sheffield Place

We have an epidemic of homelessness in this country and the way the municipalities and government are addressing it isn't working. My guest, Kelly Welch, CEO of Sheffield Place in Overland Park, Ks is a model for empowering families to heal from the severe, chronic and continuous trauma they have experienced and for healing, turning their lives around and taking the first step in the process of self-sufficiency. You've heard me talk on my open topic shows about the homeless crisis in this country. I don't care if you're in San Francisco, Kansas City, San Diego, Portland, Oregon, Saint Louis, Missouri. It doesn't really matter where you are in the country. today we find there are solutions, and the solutions revolve around groups like those who run Sheffield Place that are taking the initiative and doing something that works and works very well.A little bit about Sheffield Place in 2022, they served 143 families, 111 in residential and 32 in aftercare, an outpatient, 184 children and 327 individuals. It's pretty impressive what they do, and Kelly has led this agency for more than a dozen years and the agency has grown from serving 20 families to now serving 150 families every year. Also under her leadership, Sheffield Place has implemented an intensive program of services to empower the homeless mothers and children. And that's really key here. They don't just take in homeless people, they take in mothers and children.Ep 1931Learn more: (816) 483-9927https://www.sheffieldplace.orghttps://www.linkedin.com/company/sheffield-placeContact me: https://www.americashealthcareadvocate.com/contact-usCary Hall, HIA Network, AHARadioShow