"...today I have freedom, knowledge, experience and a broad horizon."
-Lizzeth,
Former Client,
Now Independent Successful Young Woman
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OUR FRIENDS PLACE
is breaking the cycles of abuse,
neglect, poverty and homelessness.
By the time a girl reaches adolescence, no
matter what trauma she is enduring, there is
only a slight chance that she will receive
help.
The situation is equally inadequate
for young, single women with no children –
the few support services available give
preference to women with families.
For these at-risk
girls and young women, Our
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Our Friends Place provides an important
and unique service to the most under-served and vulnerable populations —
girls and young women. Through therapeutic
residential care and teaching independent living
skills, at-risk girls and young women are able to experience a stable home environment. This care, which they might not
otherwise receive, helps them to stabilize and
teaches them the skills they need to rebuild
their lives and become economically self-sufficient.
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"I am now working in Biomedical Research at UT Southwestern Medical Center. I am a successful and very happy woman, who is just too excited about what life has to offer me." - Katrina
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● With 23% of our children living in poverty, Texas ranks 42nd
● A child living in poverty is 22 times more likely to be abused
● 35% of all American women who are heads of their household do not have a high
school diploma
● 97% of welfare recipients are women
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