Hollie's Story with the 100 Families Initiative
When Hollie Reyes stood in front of a judge, she thought she was going to jail. She had accumulated years of unpaid fines — failures to appear, driving on a suspended license — all stemming from a long season of crisis. She was escaping a 20-year abusive marriage and living in a shelter with her children.
Instead, the judge handed her something unexpected that day — a referral to the 100 Families Initiative, a community model designed to help families in crisis move toward stability and self-sufficiency.
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