Stories

Sean shines a Light on a client success story I’m Sean, and I serve as the Continuum of Care (CoC) Housing Advocate at Newhouse. One of the first clients I met when I assumed this role was a client already in our CoC rapid rehousing program who had suffered a traumatic brain injury due to her abuser …

Clarencetta shines a Light on a client success story My name is Clarencetta, and I’m a case manager at Newhouse. Recently, I’ve had the honor of walking alongside an incredible survivor during her healing journey. When she first arrived, she was overwhelmed with challenges, but step by step, she has rebuilt her life with strength …

Ondria shines a Light on a client success story My name is Ondria, and I am the Chief Clinical Officer here at Newhouse. I’ve had the privilege of providing therapy to a resilient survivor who is a single mother of three boys. She and her sons lived at Newhouse for a few months. When she …

Ashlie shines a Light on a client success story I’m Ashlie, a therapist at Newhouse, and I want to shine a light on one of my amazing clients—a brave mom healing from domestic violence for herself and her sweet toddler. She’s overcome so much, drawing strength from her child every step of the way. One …

“Leaving will be hard. Staying will be hard. Choose the hard you have a better chance of living through.” That’s the message Hannah wants every survivor of domestic violence to hear. When Hannah left her abuser, she and her young daughter already had a new apartment lined up. She just needed a safe place to …

“Mommy, I feel happy.”  These are the words every parent wants to hear from their children, especially when you’re a mom living in a domestic violence shelter with your two kids. When Anna* called the Newhouse 24/7 Crisis Hotline, she was terrified. Her husband, the father of her children, had been verbally aggressive, physically abusive, …

After Christine told her abusive husband of nine years that she wanted a divorce, an act of violence against her put things into perspective. “That was when it clicked,” she says. “I left and did not go back.” It started early in the marriage with insulting comments about Christine’s weight and intelligence. As time went …

Megan was a 21-year-old college student when she met a man and they started dating. “It began with him isolating me from my friends and family, even talking me into moving to a new state,” Megan explains. “Mental and verbal abuse was heavy after about 6 months.” Sixteen hours away from her hometown and support …

“My experience with domestic violence is intense,” says Crissy. “As much as I would like to think that my experience is unique, I know that it is not.” In January 2021, Crissy’s sister Melissa lost her life to domestic violence at the age of 38. “My sister Missy met a man that she thought was …

Growing up in Omaha through the 1970s and 80s, Tammy experienced domestic abuse at the hands her father. Her father physically, mentally, and sexually abused Tammy, her sisters, and their mother. Tammy’s mom sought help from social services in 1979, but after a few months in foster care and some therapy sessions, they ended up …