Stories

Alaska is among the top-10 states when it comes to opioid addiction, youth homelessness, suicides and other challenges, and Michelle Overstreet is leading the way to find solutions.

Little Tokyo Service Center, a NeighborWorks network member in Los Angeles, California, soon will complete the first year of construction for its upcoming multipurpose community center and sports complex, the Paul I. Terasaki Budokan.

Divorced with three young daughters, a North Dakota single mother moved from place to place while getting her college degree and working multiple jobs, eventually finding an affordable home in which to settle down. Her youngest daughter, who recently became Miss North Dakota 2018, credits her mom's tenacity and a stable home life with giving her the self-confidence and ability to overcome childhood challenges.

Sheila Rice came to her community development career rather late in life. That delay, however, certainly isn't reflected in the breadth of her accomplishments during the 15-year period in which she served as the executive director of NeighborWorks Great Falls and NeighborWorks Montana.

As CEO of Penquis, a NeighborWorks member in Bangor, Maine, Kara Hay leverages a unique mix of professional experience to achieve her goals for the organization and the 24,000 people it serves every year.

When Greta J. Harris became president and CEO of the Better Housing Coalition in Richmond, Virginia, in the summer of 2013, she took the job knowing she had some big shoes to fill.

Dwelling Place, a NeighborWorks America network organization in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is fostering resident leadership, healthy eating habits and community engagement by creating community garden programs at many of its properties.

The owner of an after-hours veterinary clinic in Mississippi got the financial education and resources she needs to grow her business, assist her employees and help the community from Hope Enterprise Corp.

Once homeless, a D.C. mom and her seven children now live in their own home thanks to MANNA, a developer that also provides services and other resources designed to help low- and moderate-income residents become homeowners.

After facing unemployment when the department store she worked in closed, a young woman turned to NeighborWorks network member GROW South Dakota to help make her dream of owning her own beauty salon a reality.