Halimah

Halimah is a single mother to a teenage boy and a daughter. When she first signed up for the program, she was struggling to make ends meet. Now, the IMPACT program has helped put food on the table for her children, pay for her son to be in soccer and her daughter to do cheerleading — which is an extra that she wouldn’t have been able to afford without the extra $500 each month. “Not only did I place my kids in sports but I also was able to get them uniforms that they wanted and shoes that made them so happy.”

During the last year, she has been able to catch up on her bills. When her car was stolen recently, she was able to quickly purchase a new one due to the IMPACT program. “I have worked since I was 17 and now I am 40 years old still working hard — this past year I didn’t have to feel like I was just scraping by, I could actually breathe.”