From too early an age, Irma faced a seemingly endless series of traumatic events that life threw at her as best she could—on her own.
But after a domestic crisis left her hospitalized, homeless, jobless, and in danger of losing her infant son, Irma finally received help from a supportive housing program that changed her life.
Keeping Families Together—the RWJF-supported model for the program that helped Irma turn her life around—has become my own personal touchstone for what building a Culture of Health should look like in the real world.
Irma’s story illustrates both the power of this model and the inner resilience that so many struggling families possess.
Read the full post on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Culture of Health Blog