Opportunity House Celebrates Core Value Champion: Julia

We recognize and celebrate our fellow team members who live and demonstrate our core values in their work each day at Opportunity House.

First name: Julia

Julia's work as a case manager at Opportunity House reflects our core values each day.

Title:  Case Manager /Shelter 

Core Value demonstrated: #1 We are passionate about empowering people to improve their lives.

Living Our Core Values: Julia recently moved an elderly woman into housing. Her son would not support this move and wanted to place her in a nursing home. Julia empowered the client to move forward with her personal plan, transported her to see the rental, and provided hands-on assistance to her throughout the entire move. She continues to support the client through the after-care program.

Thank you, Julia, for being an example of the core values of Opportunity House.

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