Waiting for Wheels
SB escaped an abusive relationship where she lost everything, but without good transportation she has been having a hard time standing on her own.
UPDATE: Jonathan, Tiffany and their two children have been riding into the future since Labor Day 2015.
Jonathan and Tiffany are in desperate need of a new vehicle to support their work, education and two kids. Tiffany is a disabled veteran who has tried her best to use public transportation to attend college full time, but the couple has mainly gotten by with a "project car" to get to Jonthan's job performing apartment maintenance and taking care of their family. In addition to its unreliability, the "project car" does not have modern safety features Tiffany and Jonthan want to protect their six and one-year old children. This family of four just can't afford a new vehicle on their one income of less than $30,000.
Brian, his wife and 2 children are struggling because they do not have reliable transportation. Their 1988 car died, and they have been borrowing vehicles from family members to get by because the bus does not accomodate their work hours and location.
Denise is a single mother with a rising high school age daughter. Denise's work schedule as a legal assistant makes it a challenge for her to get home in time to spend time with her daughter. Additionally Denise is balancing studies at Hillsborough Community College where she is studying to become a paralegal.
Margaret* is currently living in a transitional shelter for Veterans and anxiously wants to get her life back on track. She currently spends 2 hours a day just communiting one way to her job as a medical assistant. On some days she spends as manys as 2 hours a day waiting in the dark, just to catch the bus. Purchasing groceries and household items are a huge challenge for Margaret as she lives a quarter of the mile from the bus stop and has diffculty transporting her items back to the shelter.
Michelle* is a caregiver and domestic violonce survivor who is currently involved in a brutal divorce proceeding. Most recently her abusuer took out his anger with the court proceedings by destroying her vehicle. Since this time Michelle has been without personal transportation.
Michelle* is a 22 year old young woman who was recently granted legal guardianship of her three siblings after her mother passed away. She maintains 2 part-time jobs while going to school online to complete her GED.
The lack of transportation has required Sarah to often walk to work, many times late at night. Unfortunately one evening she was followed home and later that evening sexually assaulted. Sarah was referred to us by a Pinellas county victim advocacy group with the hope that we could help.