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More about the intervention: Before getting the child involved, FrontLine first works with mothers to find housing, apply for benefits and learn what is called “daily living skills”. To that end, the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority will give the women what Liya Shuster, senior associate of Third Sector Capital Partners, which is acting as a government advisor and transaction coordinator, calls a “high priority preference” for two and three bedroom apartments. That’s vitally important, since kids aren’t allowed to go back to their families unless they’re living in a home. Then they work with the whole family to help to repair their relationship. Ultimately, for the whole thing to work, “The mothers have to feel there is someone they can trust and who can guide them,” says Susan Nerth, FrontLine’s executive director. |