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Help For Georgians Experiencing Homelessness
HOMELESSNESS CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE
Please know that homelessness is not always the result of irresponsible actions. An illness, an accident, loss of roommate, loss of employment, landlord refusing to make repairs, the sale of your sole residence by your landlord, fleeing domestic violence, victim of housing discrimination, losses through a natural disaster, a divorce, the death of the sole wage earner, and landlord refusing to renew your lease - are some of the factors which could unfortunately lead to losing housing or suffering an eviction and becoming homeless.
TTWM COORDINATE HOUSING RESOURCES
As a Housing Advocate, TTWM assist homeless individuals and families with locating and applying to:
- Emergency Shelters
- Family Promise Shelters for homeless parents with minors
- Domestic Violence Shelters
- Transitional Homes
- Homeless Youth Housing Programs
- Housing Programs for Homeless Veterans
- HUD-811 Apartments for People with Disabilities
- Group Homes for Persons with a Mental Illness or Developmental Disability
- Shelter Plus Care Supportive Housing
- 12-month Christian-based Residential Rehabilitation Programs Nationwide
- Short-term Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs
- Re-entry Programs for Released Offenders (Half-Way House)
- Public and Affordable Housing programs
- USDA Rental Properties
- Senior Communities
- Housing Opportunities for People With Aids (HOPWA)
- Public Housing & Section 8 Waiting Lists Nationwide
- Homeownership Programs with Zero Downpayment for Low-income Buyers
- Campus and Off Campus Housing for University Students
- Jobs that Include Housing
CHALLENGES FOR HOMELESS GEORGIANS
There is a sad reality with being homeless: Often, there is no bed available at local homeless shelters. And there are localities and counties that do not even have one (1) government funded shelter. Homeless persons with no income have an especially difficult time getting into shelter. Most non-government funded emergency shelters charge a maintenance fee or participant fee. The other challenge to getting to emergency shelters is the lack of public transportation and connecting bus transportation. The lack of sufficient Continuum of Care (CoC) homeless support services to cover each Georgia county - leaves homeless Georgians with no resource to shelter and no resource for Rapid Rehousing. Churches and nonprofits try their best to provide relief through food distribution, clothing closets, assistance with hotel/motel stays, shower stations, help replacing lost vital documents, and obtaining a State ID. Without government support, charity funds remain low and the goals of life-impacting outreach to the homeless falls short of meeting the needs of Georgia’s homeless population. Homeless parents of minor children, homeless Seniors, homeless Persons with Disabilities and persons suffering with a chronic illness - are especially vulnerable and suffer the greatest. Homeless youth tend to be at risk of sexual assaults, rape, human trafficking, and even death. Housing is a foundational necessity for existence, for living, for building, and for thriving. Housing is essential to life. Please help us take one (1) homeless vulnerable person from sleeping in their of her car, from sleeping in their tent, from spending another night in an abandoned building. Donate your time. Donate your resources and help us temporarily shelter one (1) homeless Georgian for a one (1) night at a local hotel/motel. I want to thank you in advance, from the deepest part of my being - for caring. Thank you❤
BEING SICK OR LIVING WITH A DISABILITY WHILE HOMELESS
There are homeless Georgians diagnosed with COVID-19 and suffering from its brutal and merciless battery of symptoms - while having nowhere to self-care and nowhere to quarantine. Some homeless Georgians are diagnosed with diabetes and have nowhere to refrigerate their insulin.There are homeless school children having only their parents’ car to call home. Spending very cold winter months and 90+ degree summer months in a car can even lead to death. It absolutely breaks my heart when I get a call from a single Mother who has been evicted and she says: We have nowhere to go. I, Sister Dina, founder of Tell The World Ministries (TTWM) Inc, personally experienced homelessness as a teenager and in my adulthood. I compare homelessness and the threat of becoming homeless with the type of fear that: death, cancer, and cancer can bring upon a soul.
HELP US REACH THE HOMELESS IN YOUR COMMUNITY
Please write: TTWM HOMELESS SUPPORT SERVICES, PHONE: 404-407-0213, SISTERDINA.COM on a piece of paper or on some index cards. Just pass out our phone number to any Georgian who is homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.It’s that simple! And we will connect our mutual constituent local housing programs, local food pantries, clothing closets, soup kitchens, and other homeless services.
ABOUT YOUR DONATIONS
All our homeless services are free. All food, clothing, or financial donations go directly to supporting individuals and families experiencing homelessness. No part of your donation ever goes toward administrative costs and is never used to support the expenses of our volunteers. Tell The World Ministries do not currently utilize any paid staff.
Sister Dina, Founder
Sister Dina's Testimony
I love the LORD. I am grateful to be called His child. I look at where I am today and where the LORD brought me from - I am absolutely humbled. It is His grace alone. I don't deserve it.
About thirty-six (36) years ago, (in 1987), the LORD delivered me from crack-cocaine. In 1992, the LORD delivered me from alcohol addiction. In 1993, the LORD delivered me from years of cigarette smoking. The LORD delivered from sexual sins, from fear, approval addiction, from severe depression and anxiety; GOD saved me from several suicide attempts, took me off of dependent use of a wheelchair, walker, and cane. GOD stopped the chronic ministrokes, resolved a brain aneurysm, restored my speech, empowered me to say no to domestic violence, healed me from multiple rape and sexual assault trauma, gave me the desire to live holy, brought me into a deeper prayer life, increased my faith, and put His Word in my mouth - to teach and to preach. I am humbled and so grateful to GOD.
GOD continually shows me evidence of Him walking with me, going before me. I have seen my Heavenly Father restore what was lost and fight enemies sent by the adversary. GLORY!
Why am I passionate about outreach to the homeless, about outreach to the broken?
I believe in GOD's power to heal, set free, and deliver. I believe in GOD's power to bring each life back to His original design.
GOD wrote every number of days of our life, before we were even in our Mother's womb. The plot and plans of the adversary - the devil, is to make GOD's children doubt that He exists: to doubt that GOD loves them, to doubt that GOD will forgive them, to doubt that GOD can deliver them - from years of suffering, years of addiction, years of living in the bondage of poverty and of lack.
GOD wants His children back! GOD wants to show His power in the lives of His children! GOD wants to restore each broken man, each broken woman and transform their lives. He wants to equip His children to serve Him and use them to build and rebuild the lives of others and to spread the Gospel message through love and devotion. Amen
Each person is a unique GOD-Loved creation that is on scene to offer something needed in their family, their community, their city, their state, their country, and even possibly - the world. When we help our human assets to thrive, we create stronger households, we create more financially sustaining communities, and we create a nation that is strong and bold enough to withstand any crisis or natural disaster - and rebuild! It all starts with seeing the worth and potential in every human being and investing the time and resources to propel the development of the whole being.
"GOD so loved the world, that He gave His one and only begotten Son; that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3v16
Sister Dina's Ministries
- ANTI-HUNGER
- ANTI-POVERTY
- EQUAL RIGHTS
- EVANGELISM
- In 1994, after receiving the LORD JESUS Christ as my Savior, the Father instructed me to shut down Association for the Economic Advancement of our New York Women Inc (AEA/NYW) and to turn my focus to evangelizing the Gospel message while building lives. On March 23, 2000, Tell The World Ministries Inc (TTWM) was established as a non-profit corporation with the State of New York. We are a small ministry, doing a lot of good. TTWM's mission is 2-fold. We spread the Gospel message of JESUS Christ, through teachings and through Love-in-Action. We reach out to government and community, to meet the unmet needs of people - providing information, resources, and advocating for GOD's beautiful children to receive the basic essentials of safe and affordable housing, as a first step to establishing stability and positioning for educational development and financial growth.
When a constituent calls Tell The World Ministries (TTWM) for assistance, they never hear: We don't do this or we don't do that. We listen to the constituent as he or she states what they need. And if we cannot offer direct assistance, we provide the constituent with a list of resources, thoroughly explaining each resource as well as steps to accessing needed services. TTWM encourages and teaches constituents how to advocate for themselves and their community. And we often follow-up with the constituent - to make sure each need was met. If a constituent is denied services or benefits they qualify for and are eligible to receive, we advocate on behalf of the constituent! As part of our advocacy services, we may submit a report of discrimination or non-compliance to a local, state or federal agency.
A large part of our ministry's work is: rehousing the homeless, preventing evictions, and connecting individuals and families with support services for successful living in their community.
Part of helping rehouse the homeless also involves registering constituents with housing counseling, financial literacy, and credit repair programs. For constituents who want to take the step toward homeownership, we assist with the application process for USDA's zero down payment loan program for low and very low-income homebuyers and explore other First-Time homebuyers programs offering down payment assistance.
TTWM is also an approved Referral Agent for the HUD-811 Project Rental Assistance (PRA) program, which provides subsidized housing to people with disabilities who need support services. We also assist constituents with getting their names on public housing waiting lists, Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) waiting lists, assist with steps to applying for an Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV), assist constituents with a mental illness or developmental disability with applying for the Georgia Housing Voucher (GHV) and connect to other HUD subsidized and state run housing programs. We mediate between landlord and tenant for outcomes that will resolve the concerns of both parties and hopefully prevent an eviction.
TTWM does all that is possible - to help GOD's children who are struggling with various hardships. We assure our constituents that they are not alone. We equip each constituent with resources that will empower them in their journey. And when ready, we -together, draft an individualized Plan for Achieving Stability and Financial Growth (PAS-FG).
Volunteers Needed
The need is great. Tell The World Ministries needs volunteers and interns to work as Housing Navigators, Domestic Violence Advocates, Homeless Outreach Workers, and Client Transporters. We have Community Service opportunities for released offenders on probation. I thank you and truly appreciate you for reading my plea to the last line. May GOD bless you. Amen