Ella is a local senior who had been living in her car since the bitterly cold January winter before the COVID-19 pandemic began...but it wasn't until the warmth of August that she walked into a United Way funded partner’s office. She felt helpless and didn’t know what to do anymore - she didn’t even have gas money for her car. Thanks to United Way’s support, Ella was helped with applications for affordable, subsidized housing and other life-enhancing programs. To enable Ella to drive, she was provided with gas cards. Now she lives in senior subsidized housing and receives supplemental benefits for food and housing and has her own gas money. Ella shared with us that she finally feels a sense of security for the first time in years.
