When Bill first came to Catholic Charities AIDS Services a year ago, he was homeless and his health was very unstable. He was experiencing some significant family turmoil, living with relatives temporarily.

A year ago, when John first requested services at Catholic Charities AIDS Services he was depressed and unable to leave his home due to a high level of social anxiety. He was not attending medical appointments and his health was suffering as a result.

This decline occurred after he had been in his own apartment, but it flooded after a storm and became uninhabitable. He had numerous struggles with his benefits and reestablishing himself in a new apartment. He moved in with a friend and hit a very low point in his life.

Catholic Charities AIDS Services staff has been helping Emma since late 2007. She had struggled with substance use, attempting recovery but suffering several relapses. When staff met her she was in a homeless shelter due to the loss of her significant other and their joint housing. She was consistently attending outpatient substance abuse treatment and graduated several months later. She has been living in a residential program since last summer and her housing needs have stabilized.

When her Catholic Charities AIDS Services Case Manager met Jane, she weighed eighty-nine pounds. She couldn’t answer questions intelligibly and could barely talk. Any information regarding her situation and needs, her case manager had to obtain from Jane’s family or doctor. Jane had spent time in the community, homeless and non-communicative with her family. Sometimes, her family said, they had seen Jane from their cars, walking alongside the road. They pulled over immediately, happy just to know where she was, that she was safe.