Homes for Harrison County

06/02/2026

06/01/2026

Michelle Magaha Freeman is the WINNER of the Cabellas gift card fundraiser!
Thank you to everyone who participated. 😀

05/15/2026

All spots have been taken!
Drawing is tomorrow
Thank you to all who participated
1. JOYCE
2. TRACI D
3. JOYCE
4. MICHELLE F
5. TRACI D
6. JENNY S
7. JOYCE
8. TRACI D
9. MICHELLE F
10. KATHRYN P
11. MICHELLE F
12. JENNY S
13. MISTY R
14. MICHELLE F
15. JENNY S
16. TRACI D
17. BRENDA O
18. JENNY S
19. MICHELLE F
20. KATHRYN P
21. JENNY S
22. KATHRYN P
23. TRACI D
24. KATHRYN P
25. DANIELLE L
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28.JOYCE
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30. JOYCE

03/04/2026

Did you know that Homes For Harrison has a quarterly newsletter?
Let us know if you'd like us to email you a copy 😊

02/11/2026

We talk about addiction like it exists in a vacuum.
Like people just wake up one day and choose chaos.

That is not how it works.

Most unhoused people in active addiction did not start with substances. They started with loss. With trauma. With untreated mental health struggles. With poverty. With instability. With survival mode.

When your days are built around staying warm, staying safe, and staying alive, relief becomes currency. Substances do not show up as a party. They show up as a coping tool. A way to sleep. A way to quiet pain. A way to get through the next hour.

None of that makes addiction harmless.
None of it excuses harmful behavior.
Accountability still matters.

But understanding matters too.

One of the most damaging ideas we cling to is that people have to hit rock bottom before they deserve help. For many people living outside, rock bottom was the moment they lost housing, safety, or someone they loved. Waiting for them to fall further is not tough love. It is abandonment wrapped in moral language.

Another misconception is that refusing shelter, rehab, or services means someone does not want help. Help that feels unsafe, humiliating, or conditional does not feel like help. Trust is not automatic. It is earned. Especially when systems have caused harm before.

If you want to support someone in active addiction, start here.

Stop trying to fix them.
Stop leading with judgment.
Stop assuming you know what they need.

Listen. Be consistent. Respect autonomy. Offer dignity without strings attached.

You cannot love someone into recovery.
You also cannot shame someone into it.

Recovery is rarely linear. Relapse is not failure. Survival is not nothing.

People in active addiction are still people. They are not disposable. They are not lost causes. Their lives have value even when they are struggling.

If we want fewer people dying outside, fewer overdose deaths, and fewer families grieving, we have to stop reducing human beings to their worst moments.

That change starts with how we see them.

01/19/2026

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01/09/2026

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