CHRONICLING THE STORIES
IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY.
STORIES MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
STORIES THAT MATTER TO YOU.
THIS IS KETV NEWSWATCH 7'S
CHRONICLE.
JULIE: FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES,
HE'S DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO
MAKING OMAHA'S STREET SCHOOL A
SUCCESS.
THE SCHOOL TAKES IN KIDS WHO,
FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER,
DIDN'T MAKE IT IN PUBLIC SCHOOL.
SOME WERE EXPELLED, OTHERS
DROPPED OUT,
AND IT GIVES THOSE AT-RISK TEENS
PERSONALIZED EDUCATION AND
SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE.
>> THERE WAS PRETTY CLEARLY A
NEED, WE THOUGHT, FOR THIS TYPE
OF SCHOOL IN NORTH OMAHA.
>> HE'S AMAZING.
WITHOUT HIM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I
WOULD DO.
BECAUSE WITHOUT HIM, THERE
WOULDN'T BE THIS SCHOOL.
WITHOUT THIS SCHOOL I WOULDN'T
HAVE AN EDUCATION.
>> I'M HAPPY THAT EVERY KID THAT
HAS WALKED THROUGH THE DOORS HAS
BEEN TOLD THAT THEY WERE LOVED,
THAT THEY MATTERED, THAT THEY
HAD VALUE.
JULIE: AND NOW, JOHN PARSONS HAS
ANOTHER PASSION HE'S PURSUING.
HE STARTED "BRIDGES OUT OF
POVERTY,"
A NON-PROFIT PROGRAM GIVING POOR
FAMILIES IN THE OMAHA METRO THE
RESOURCES THEY NEED TO FIND A
WAY OUT.
GOOD MORNING.
I'M JULIE CORNELL.
TODAY ON "CHRONICLE," WE'RE
TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE
"BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY"
PROGRAM.
WE'LL BE TALKING WITH JOHN
PARSONS AND HIS PARTNER IN THIS
PROJECT, RETIRED ACCOUNTANT
ROGER HOWARD.
AND WE'LL HEAR FROM A COUPLE OF
STUDENTS WHO'VE JUST GRADUATED
FROM THE FIRST CLASS.
FIRST THOUGH, WE WANT TO LOOK AT
THE NUMBERS.
THE POVERTY LINE IS JUST OVER
$24,000 A YEAR FOR A FAMILY OF
FOUR.
BASED ON THAT, 12.6% OF
NEBRASKANS ARE LIVING IN
POVERTY.
IN THE OMAHA METRO, THAT ADDS UP
TO ABOUT 100,000 PEOPLE, AND IT
AFFECTS JUST OVER 16% OF THE
STATE'S CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE
OF 18.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT POVERTY IN
TERMS OF RACE AND ETHNICIT
IT AFFECTS ABOUT ONE IN THREE
AFRICAN AMERICANS AND NATIVE
AMERICANS.
ABOUT 25% OF ASIANS AND LATINOS
ALSO ARE LIVING IN POVERTY.
THAT NUMBER IS ABOUT TEN% FOR
-- 10% FOR WHITES IN NEBRASKA.
POVERTY, AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE
HALF HOUR, ISN'T ONE ISSUE, BUT
MADE UP OF A VARIETY OF FACTORS.
AMONG THEM, FOOD INSECURITY.
AND IN NEBRASKA, ABOUT 15% OF
HOUSEHOLDS EXPERIENCED
DIFFICULTY PROVIDING ENOUGH FOOD
TO FEED THEMSELVES OR THEIR
FAMILIES.
ON THE PLUS SIDE, ONLY ABOUT 7%
OF NEBRASKANS USED HIGH-COST,
HIGH-RISK FORMS OF CREDIT TO
MAKE ENDS MEET.
AND NEBRASKA RANKS FIFTH IN THE
COUNTRY WHEN IT COMES TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
DESPITE SPENDING $18 TRILLION ON
THE WAR ON POVERTY SINCE 1964,
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN
POVERTY HAS REMAINED THE SAME.
SO, OMAHA "BRIDGES OUT OF
POVERTY" HAS DEVELOPED A
COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION, WITH A
GOAL OF HELPING 50,000
UNDER-RESOURCED INDIVIDUALS LIFT
THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY BY
2026
THIS IS A HUGE GOAL.
JOINING ME NOW TO TALK ABOUT HOW
THEY PLAN TO DO THAT ARE
"BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY"
CHAIRMAN ROGER HOWARD AND
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JOHN PARSONS.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HER
OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE PASSIONATE
ABOUT THIS TO POUR YOUR WHOLE
LIFE INTO IT.
WHAT IS BRIDGES?
IS IT THE CLASS, A MENTORI
PROGRAM, WHAT IS IT?
>> IT IS A PROGRAM.
IT IS A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRA
IT INVOLVES EDUCATING, HELPING
ASSISTING PEOPLE WHO LIVE BELOW
THE POVERTY LINE THAT YOU SHOWED
US AND HELPING THEM TILDE THE
RESOURCES, AND HOLD THEMSELVES
OUT OF POVERTY.
WE NEED BUSINESSES AND
GOVERNMENT AND EMPLOYERS A
OVER THE CITY AND METRO AREA TO
UNDERSTAND THE CONVERSATION SO
THEY WILL BE READY TO HIRE THE
FOLKS WHO WILL THEN BE READY TO
TAKE THE JOBS AND CHANGE THEIR
LIVES.
JULIE: ARE PEOPLE SIGNING UP FOR
THE CLASS?
IS IT A SIX-MONTH OR YEAR-LONG
COMMITMENT?
>> IT IS ONLY A 10 WEEK
COMMITMENT, AND ONCE THEY
GRADUATE, THEY WILL TRANSITION
INTO THE WORKPLACE.
AFTER THAT, THEY CAN STAY FOR A
LIFETIME BECAUSE WE HAVE AN
ALUMNI SITUATION.
JULIE: HOW DO PEOPLE COME TO
YOU?
WHAT STATE ARE THEY IN?
WHAT DO THEY NEED?
>> THE FOLKS WHO COME TO US HAVE
A LOT OF NEEDS.
IT IS HARD TO PINPOINT ONE
THING.
IT IS JUST THIS REASON WHY
PEOPLE AND THAT THE WAY THEY
ARE.
JULIE: IT IS NOT SO SIMPLE.
YOU SEE A GUY WITH A SIGN, AND
IT IS NOT LIKE GET A JOB.
POVERTY HAS MANY CO-CONTRIBUTING
FACTORS.
>> THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
I THE TIME SOMEONE IS IN THAT
SITUATION, A LOT OF THINGS HAVE
PROBABLY HAPPENED.
SOME FOLKS MAY HAVE LOST A JOB
AND HAVE TROUBLE GETTING INTO
THE WORKFORCE.
THEY MAY HAVE CHILDREN AT HOME,
SO THEY MAY WIND UP STAYING
WHERE THEY ARE UNLESS THEY GET
HELP.
NOT EVERYONE IS AN EXTREME CASE.
THERE ARE FOLKS OUT THERE WHO
ARE HELPING FOLKS IN EXTREME
SITUATIONS, BUT THERE ARE SOME
FOLKS WITH MISSED OPPORTUNITIES,
ILLNESSES.
WE HAD SOMEONE GOT SICK AND HAD
TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL, AND THAT
SET HIM BACK.
AND THOSE LED TO OTHER THINGS.
JULIE: I WOULD IMAGINE THERE ARE
FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES ALONG THE
WAY.
PEOPLE ALL MONEY.
-- PEOPLE OWE MONEY.
>> THERE ARE ABOUT 11 RESOURCE
THAT PEOPLE ARE MISSING IN
POVERTY.
PEOPLE LIVING WITHOUT THOSE
RESOURCES HAS A DIFFICULT TIME
CREATING A STABLE LIFESTYLE.
JULIE: IS TRANSPORTATION ONE OF
THOSE?
>> TRANSPORTATION IS DEFINITELY
ONE.
OR ARE SOME ORGANIZATIONS
HELPING WITH TRANSPORTATION FOR
PEOPLE IN POVERTY.
JULIE: YOU ARE NOT DOING THIS
ALONE.
OMAHA HAS A WIDE BASIS OF
NONPROFITS AIDING PEOPLE IN
POVERTY.
ARE YOU COLLABORATING?
>> WE HAVE ABOUT 40 PARTNERS,
EVENTUALLY WE WILL HAVE 150 OR
200.
EACH GROUP DOES SOMETHING WELL.
THEY HAVE EXPERTISE AND WE
CANNOT DUPLICATE THAT.
WE WILL BE WORKING WITH A LOT
ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP THESE
FOLKS MOVE ALONG.
JULIE: HOW DO YOU MEASURE
BENCHMARKS IN THIS PROGRAM?
HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU HAVE HAD
SUCCESS?
>> THE FIRST BENCHMARK WOULD BE
ENROLLMENT IN THE CLASS AND
FINISHING THE CLASS.
THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS
THE LINCHPIN, THE FOUNDATION OF
THE NEXT STEPS AFTER THAT.
A PART OF THE BRIDGES OUT OF
POVERTY MATERIAL IS THE IDEA
THAT THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE
CLASS, THEY ARE CALLED
INVESTIGATORS, WHEN THEY SET
AROUND THE TABLE AND INVESTIGA
POVERTY, THEY INVESTIGATE THEIR
SITUATION AND THINK ABOUT HOW I
CAN IMPROVE WHERE I AM AT.
AND THEY HAVE OWNERSHIP AND CAN
BUY INTO WHAT IS BEING OFFERED.
AFTER THE CLASS IS OVER, YOU
HAVE MOTIVATED PEOPLE TO MOVE
FORWARD.
THE BENCHMARKS, MORE BENCHMARKS
COME IN THE SECOND DAYS OF THE
PROGRAM, WHAT WE CALL GETTING
GOING.
THEN WE PLUG PEOPLE INTO
EDUCATION OR EMPLOYMENT OR
TRADES, OR WHATEVER THAT WOULD
LOOK LIKE.
THEN, WE ARE ABLE TO TRACK THE
AS THEY CHANGE THEIR LIVES AND
BUILD RESOURCES.
JULIE: IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU START
WHERE THEY ARE AND HELP TH
RECOGNIZE THAT THEY HAVE
STRENGTHS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
PEOPLE IN POVERTY ARE PROBLEM
SOLVERS.
THEY DEAL WITH STRUGGLES EVERY
DAY, AND THEY ARE AMAZING
PEOPLE.
>> JUST ONE OF THE TIE-INS TO
THE STREET SCHOOL IS WE WOULD DO
THE SAME THING AT THE STREET
SCHOOL.
IF A STRANGER CAME TO OUR DOOR,
WE TESTED EVERYONE.
WHAT IS THE READING AND MATH
LEVEL?
WE STARTED EDUCATING THEM FROM
WHERE THEY ARE.
WE HOOKED UP WITH ROGER AND HE
HAD THIS IDEA, AND WE TALKED
THROUGH THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKED IS WE
HELP PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE.
IT DOES NOT DO US ANY GOOD TO
HAVE A PROGRAM AT THIS LEVEL IF
PEOPLE WHO COME IN THE DOOR ARE
STILL AT THIS LEVEL SKILL WISE.
YOU HAVE TO GRAB THEM WHERE THEY
ARE SO YOU CAN BUILD AND GET
THEM TO WHERE THEY NEED.
JULIE: IF I DO NOT HAVE PROBLEM
RATING -- READING, I DO NOT
NEED A READING CLASS.
DO YOU HAVE PEOPLE COMING OUT TO
HELP YOU WITH PRIORITY STUDENTS?
>> IT IS AMAZING IN TERMS OF
SUPPORT.
WE WILL BE TRAINING THE FRONT
LINE STAFF AT CHI HEALTH,
THROUGH THE HR DEPARTMENT AND
MEDICAL STAFF AS WELL SO WE CAN
DO A BETTER JOB OF CARING FOR
THEIR HELP, AND ALSO OFFER THEM
A GOOD HEALTH CARE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR EMPLOYMENT.
JULIE: THOSE ARE DECENT PAYING
JOBS.
HOW MUCH DOES HAVING A PLACE TO
LIVE, HOW MUCH DOES THAT PLAY
INTO IT?
IS THAT ONE OF THE FACTORS FOR
HOMELESSNESS OR POVERTY?
>> IT IS.
>>ROGER MENTIONED THIS EARLIER,
BUT IT BEARS UP EATING.
WE HOPE TO GET THE COGNITIVE
CHANGE TO THE CLASS, AND THE
PARTNERSHIPS COME WITH THE
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE
ALREADY DOING GREAT THINGS.
OPEN-DOOR MISSION.
IF HOMELESSNESS IS AN ISSUE, WE
WILL CONNECT TO THOSE AGENCIES
AND SAY, HERE ARE SOME FOLKS YOU
MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP.
HE HOPE TO HAVE CLASSES AT THOSE
AGENCIES AS WELL.
IT IS A TWO-WAY STREET.
WE HAVE THIS THING WE THINK CA
HELP YOUR PEOPLE, AND WE HAVE
SOME FOLKS WHO NEED WHAT YOU ARE
DOING.
IT IS A GIVE-AND-TAKE IN THE
COMMUNITY.
THAT IS APPLY -- THAT IS WHY A
LOT OF COMMUNITIES HAVE GOTTEN
ON BOARD BECAUSE THEY SEE THE
BENEFIT FOR THE PEOPLE AND --
JULIE: THEY HAVE BETTER OUTCOMES
BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS FOLLOWED
THIS PERSON.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
JULIE: WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO
KNOW?
YOU ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS
AND MENTORS.
YOU CANNOT DO THIS ALONE.
>> ON OUR WEBSITE, YOU CAN SIGN
UP FOR VOLUNTEERING, YOU CAN
SIGN UP FOR CLASSES, OR SEND US
AN GMAIL AND WE CAN HAVE A CUP
OF COFFEE.
JULIE: WHY DO YOU NEED MENTORS?
>> ONCE YOU GET DONE WITH TH
INITIAL CLASS, YOU NEED SOMEONE
TO WALK ALONGSIDE WITH YOU.
SOME PEOPLE ARE UNDER RESOURCED
BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A
SUPPORT SYSTEM.
IF THEY HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS
SKILL SETS THEY DON'T, THEY CAN
OUNCE IDEAS OFF OF THEM.
JULIE: LIKE A FRIEND ON THE
JOURNEY.
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK,
BUT WHEN THEY COME BACK WE WILL
TALK TO TWO GRADUATES FROM THE
PROGRAM AND FIND OUT HOW THE
PROGRAM WORKS.
YOU'RE WATCHING "CHRONICLE."
JUH
7'S "CHRONICLE
THIS MORNING, WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT A NEW PROGRAM THAT'S JUST
GETTING STARTED HERE IN OMAHA
CALLED "BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY."
AND JOINING ME NOW ARE LEO MARKS
AND KETURAH WRIGHT, BOTH RECENT
GRADUATES OF THE PROGRAM.
ALONG WITH JOHN PARSONS WHO'S
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
HOW DID YOU FIND BRIDGES?
>> IT WAS A FRIEND OF MINE A
SHE ACTUALLY TOLD ME ABOUT THE
PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT.
SHE TOLD ME IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR
ME.
ACTUALLY, I DECIDED TO TRY I
BECAUSE I LIKE TO BE IN
POSITION TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE.
TO SEE IF I COULD DO ANYTHING.
JULIE: WHAT IS THE BIGGEST THING
YOU LEARNED ABOUT YOURSELF IN 10
WEEKS?
>> FOR ME, I THINK MY PRIDE GETS
IN THE WAY OF ME BEING ABLE TO
ASK FOR HELP.
IT IS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO ASK
FOR HELP, SO THAT WAS A MOMENT
THAT HELPED ME IN THE PROGRAM.
JULIE: BECAUSE ONCE YOU OPEN UP
AND SAY I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING,
OR I'M GOOD AT THIS BUT NOT GOOD
AT THIS, IT HELPS, DOESN'T IT?
HOW ABOUT YOU, LEO?
>> I CAME WITH SHARON JACKSON.
SHE FACILITATED THE GETTING
AHEAD PROGRAM FOR ME AT THE
STEPHENSON CENTER.
I WAS IMPRESSED WITH IT AND
VOLUNTEERED TO DO ANYTHING I
COULD.
SHE PULLED ME OUT AS A
FACILITATOR WITH CLASSES THERE,
AND WHEN SHE WORKED WITH JOHN, I
FOLLOWED HER TO THE "BRIDGES OUT
OF POVERTY" GROUP.
JULIE: ARE YOU HELPING OTHERS
GET TO THIS JOURNEY?
>> YES>>.
JULIE: WHAT IS THE GREATEST
THING YOU HAVE LEARNED ABOUT
THIS?
>> YOU ARE ONLY POOR IF YOU DO
NOT GIVE BACK.
THE WORST THING YOU CAN DO IS
NOT SAY THANK YOU.
THEN, YOU ARE REALLY POOR.
JULIE: SO GIVING BACK BRINGS IT
ALL AROUND?
>> YES.
>> EARLIER, WE TALKED ABOUT
MEASUREMENTS.
SOME THINGS ARE EASIER TO
MEASURE THAN OTHERS.
GRADUATES OR JOB PLACEMENT.
ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF THE
BRIDGES CLASS IS THE COMMUNITY
YOU BUILD AT THE TABLE.
WE CALL IT KITCHEN STYLE, AND
THE INVESTIGATORS INVESTIGATE
THE SITUATION TOGETHER.
WE SHARE, THEY BRING THINGS TO
THE TABLE SO A TEACHER DOESN'T
SAY, YOU DO THIS, YOU DO THAT.
THE COMMUNITY IS ONE OF THOSE
INTANGIBLES THAT IS HARDER TO
MEASURE.
JULIE: YOU START WITH A FRESH
COMMUNITY.
WE ALL HAVE OUR BUDS WE GREW UP
WITH, BUT IT IS GREAT TO HAVE
NEW IDEAS.
DO YOU HAVE NEW IDEAS, KETURAH?
>I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON TH
SPOT.
>> IT OPENED UP A CREATIVE
OUTLET FOR ME.
I HAVE BEEN MORE CREATIVE AND
THEN DESIGNING THINGS.
JULIE: SEE WHERE THAT TAKES YOU?
>> YEAH.
>> FOR ME, TAKING BETTER CARE
MY HEALTH IS AN ONGOING ISSUE.
I LEARNED TO FOCUS THOSE GOALS.
YOU CAN SAY GET HEALTHY, B
THAT MEANS NOTHING.
IF YOU GO TO THE GYM THREE TIMES
A WEEK, NOW I AM ON TO
SOMETHING.
I HAVE CUT BACK ON HOW MUCH I
SMOKE, I >> DO NOT COPY ANYMORE.
>> WHAT?
[LAUGHTER]
>> THAT PROGRAM HELPED ME FOCUS.
I THINK OF IT LIKE A SNIPER
SCHOOL.
USE -- YOU ZERO IN ON WHAT
YOU HAVE TO DO.
>> WE HAD A FIVE GRADUATES I
THE FIRST CLASS.
THE IDEAL SIZE FOR A CLASS IS
SIX TO 12.
YOU DO NOT WANT TO GET TOO BIG
OR BE TOO SMALL.
WE HAD A SIX IN THE CLASS, A
ONE LADY COULD NOT FINISH WITH
US, BUT SHE WILL COME BACK IN
THE NEXT CLASS.
JULIE: DO YOU SEE YOUR SELF
HAVING SEVERAL CLASSES ACROSS
THE CITY?
IS THAT THE IDEAL?
>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE
CLASSES ON OUR SITE, BUT W
INTEND TO HAVE PARTNERS ALL OVER
THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE CLASSES
AT "HABITAT" AND " LEARNIN
COMMUNITY.
ANY" PLACE OR WE CAN HAVE A
TABLE AND SIT AROUND IT.
JULIE: WAS AT A DISADVANTAGE
CHILDHOOD?
WHAT SET YOU UP TO WHERE YOU ARE
NOW?
>> I HAD BROKEN MY LEG ONE YEA
AND LOST EVERYTHING.
JULIE: AN ACCIDENT.
>> IT WAS DIFFICULT TO PICK
MYSELF UP FROM THAT.
AND BEING PRIDEFUL AND NOT
ASKING FOR HELP.
JULIE: AND THINGS GOT WORSE.
HOW ABOUT YOU, LEO?
>> I WAS HOMELESS FOR THREE
YEARS, AND I GOT INTO AN
APARTMENT IN THE SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING APARTMENTS.
ONCE I GOT GROUNDED AND LOOKED
AT WHAT I DO NEXT, THIS CLASS
REALLY FELL INTO MY LAP.
I TOOK IT BECAUSE I RESPECTED
SHARON AND STILL DO AND WHAT SHE
CAN DO THERE AT THE STEVENS
CENTER.
I TOOK THE CLASS WITH HER, AND
BY THE THIRD NIGHT, I WAS A
BELIEVER.
JULIE: DO YOU FEEL YOU ARE A
TEACHER NOW?
YOU HAVE ANGST TO SHARE.
>> I CAN TALK TO PEOPLE AT THAT
LEVEL.
WE HAVE TALKED TO GUESTS AT THE
HOMELESS SHELTER.
I CAN TALK TO THEM ON THAT AND
SAY, I WAS WHERE YOU ARE.
COME THE WHERE I AM NOW.
JULIE: THAT IS SO POWERFUL.
THIS IS BASED ON ANOTHER
NATIONAL MODEL, RIGHT?
>> THE WORDS "BRIDGES OUT OF
POVERTY" IS A NATIONAL
CURRICULUM.
ROGER CALLED AND SAID, CAN WE
USE YOUR NAME IN OUR LOCAL
ORGANIZATION?
AND THEY SAID, SURE.
THAT TIES INTO WHAT LEO WAS
TALKING ABOUT.
ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF THE CLASS
AND THE "BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY"
MODEL, WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE
STAND UP AND SAY, A YEAR AGO I
WAS HOMELESS OR JOBLESS AND A
YEAR LATER I AM NOW AT A
CONFERENCE TALKING BECAUSE I WAS
HIRED BY THE "BRIDGES" PEOPLE.
YOU SEE IN POWERED LIVES.
THE CONFERENCE -- YOU SEE EMPO
WERED LIVES.
YOU SEE THAT IT IS WORKING.
IT IS NOT 10 WEEKS IN A
CERTIFICATE, IT IS
LIFE-CHANGING.
JULIE: HOW ARE YOU FUNDING THIS?
IS IT PRIVATE DONATIONS?
WHAT ARE YOU HOPING FOR?
>> I HOPE WE WILL HAVE A DIVERSE
BASE.
PRIVATE DONATIONS WRITE GRANTS
TO LOCAL FOUNDATIONS.
CORPORATE GIFTS.
SOME OF OUR EARLY PARTNERS HAV
GIVEN US MONEY TO HELP US GET
STARTED.
WE ARE IN THE MARKET.
WE HOPE, AS WE GROW AND THINK
STRATEGICALLY IN 10 YEARS, WE
HOPE TO HAVE THE TYPE OF FUNDING
THAT WOULD NOT HAVE US TAKE FROM
OTHER INDUSTRIES.
IF WE COULD HAVE SOMEONE HELP US
WITH HOW THIS LOOKS IN THE
COMMUNITY.
WE DO NOT WANT TO TAKE MONEY
FROM THE OPEN DOOR MISSION.
WE WANT THEM TO KEEP DOING THE
GOOD THINGS THEY ARE DOING AND
HAVE US CORNERBACK.
JULIE: THERE IS NO REPEAT
SERVICES.
YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING UNIQUE.
>> GOING BACK TO THE STREE
SCHOOL DAYS, THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE DOING A LOT OF GOOD
THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY.
BUT THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF
NONPROFITS.
SOME OF THE BIGGER NONPROFITS DO
NOT HAVE JOBS FOR PEOPLE TO
CONNECT THEM TO OTHER AGENCIES.
THE NICHE THAT WE SEE OURSELVES
STEPPING INTO IS BEING THE
CONNECTOR FOR PEOPLE WHO A
DOING GOOD THINGS, AND WHERE
DOES KETURAH AND LEO NEED TO GET
TO, SO WE CAN CONNECT THE DOTS?
THE NICHE IS DIFFERENT.
THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN GOOD, TOO.
JULIE: WHAT WOULD YOU SAY
SOMEONE WHO IS IN YOUR SITUATION
A COUPLE YEARS AGO?
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM?
>> I WOULD SAY, ASK QUESTION
DO NOT BE AFRAID TO ASK FOR
HELP.
YOU MIGHT BE IN A POSITION T
HELP SOMEONE ELSE.
YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO PULL
SOMEONE ELSE UP AND IT GOES
AFTER THAT.
JULIE: YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT
EARLIER.
YOU ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE WHO
ARE HOMELESS ON THE STREETS.
>> SURE.
IT IS AN EASY SELL.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE PROGRAM,
YOU CAN HAVE YOUR POVERTY BACK.
[LAUGHTER]
JULIE: THERE YOU GO.
>> WE ARE THERE TO HELP THEM GET
OUT.
JULIE: IT HELPS TO HAVE AN OPEN
MIND AND BE POSITIVE, RIGHT?
>> M BELIEVE IT CAN HAPPEN.
ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS OF BEING
PART OF THIS PROGRAM IS SEEING
THE MIRACLES THAT HAPPEN WITH
PEOPLE.
THE FIRST CLASS I
CO-FACILITATED, WE HAD A YOUNG
MAN IN THERE WHO GOT CLEAN AND
SOBER, HE GOT AN APARTMENT, AND
THAT WAS AS FAR AS HE HAD MADE
IT.
NOW, HE WENT TO THE PROGRAM.
HE IS A VOLUNTEER AT THE PROGRAM
WITH SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WE DID
A PRODUCTION OF "SCROOGE" LAST
YEAR AND HE WAS SCROOGE.
JULIE: HE IS LIVING, NOT JUST
SURVIVING.
>> HIS DAUGHTER BENEFITS, HIS
NEIGHBOR BENEFITS.
JULIE: I AM SO EXCITED TO TALK
TO ALL OF YOU.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR
STORIES IN VISION.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH SOME
FINAL THOUGHTS.
FIRST, A REMINDER THAT YOUR
COMMENTS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART
OF THE SHOW.
AFTER OUR SHOW WITH JOE RICKETTS
AND HIS RELIGIOUS RETREAT
CLOISTERS ON THE PLATTE AIRED,
CHRISTENE HERMANEK O'DONNELL
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YOUR COMMENTS TO NEWS@KETV.COM.
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WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
JULIE: THIH
7'S "CHRONICLE."
AND THIS MORNING, WE'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT THE NEW OMAHA
"BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY"
PROGRAM.
ITS GOAL IS TO HELP 50,000
RESIDENTS IN THE OMAHA METRO
LIFT THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY
BY 2026.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THE PROGRAM OR APPLY TO BE
A COLLABORATOR OR VOLUNTEER,
WE'VE CREATED A LINK TO THEIR
WEBSITE ON KETV.COM.
IF YOU MISSED ANY PART OF THIS
SHOW OR WANT TO WATCH IT AGAIN,
IT'S ONLINE RIGHT NOW ON
KETV.COM.
JUST CLICK ON THE "MENU" BUTTON
ON THE HOME PAGE, AND LOOK FOR
"CHRONICLE."
I'M JULIE CORNELL.
WE LEAVE YOU THIS MORNING WITH
SCENES OF A SUMMER RAINFALL FROM
OUR CHIEF PHOTOJOURNALIST SCOTT
BUER.
THANKS FOR WATCHING, AND WE'LL
SEE YOU BACK HERE NEXT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR KETV NEWSWATCH 7'S
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