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A devastating setback in A Greater Cleveland and the daunting challenges in multigenerational poverty: Letter from the Editor
The newsroom team involved in the project was devastated to learn recently of an irreversible blow to one of the families.
The Korper family vs. the pandemic: A Greater Cleveland update
The Korpers were among the most beloved families featured in cleveland.com's series, A Greater Cleveland. We checked in with Contessa Korper to find out how she and her four children have fared during the pandemic that has left so many in financial ruin.
A truly life-changing voucher program is within reach for Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority: Leila Atassi
The Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority hopes for a federal grant to provide housing mobility counselors to help voucher recipients move to high-opportunity communities.
Contessa Korper is disheartened, searching for a special ed school for King: A Greater Cleveland
School starts in a few weeks, and Contessa Korper has been unable to find an affordable school that can help her 10-year-old son, King, overcome his dyslexia.
Could the Lawrence School be King Korper’s key to overcoming dyslexia?: A Greater Cleveland
Contessa Korper’s research into a better school for her son, King, brought her to the doorstep of the Lawrence School in Broadview Heights – a private institution that specializes in “learning differences” like King’s.
Princeton Korper gets a new ‘Big Brother’ after the first one let him down: A Greater Cleveland
After his last Big Brother got “too busy” to return his phone calls, Princeton Korper tries again with a new “match,” hoping this one will stick around for the long haul.
Alondra Rivera begins therapy to unpack a lifetime of trauma: A Greater Cleveland
With the support of her Open Table, Alondra Rivera recounts for a therapist the timeline of traumatic events she’s experienced in just the first 18 years of her life.
Alondra Rivera takes the first steps toward college: A Greater Cleveland
With the support of her Open Table, 18-year-old Alondra Rivera meets with a counselor at College Now, a nonprofit that aims to help young adults find the path to higher education.
Housing insecurity continues to plague Alondra Rivera; resources reserved for those living in shelters: A Greater Cleveland
After a weekend in exile from the apartment she shares with her mom, 18-year-old Alondra Rivera sets out to learn what resources could help her deal with her housing insecurity.
Alondra Rivera returns home, Open Table regroups after her stint of homelessness: A Greater Cleveland
After a heated argument and a weekend spent exiled from the apartment she shares with her mother, 18-year-old Alondra Rivera is allowed to come home.
Alondra Rivera’s Open Table ‘sisters’ refuse to send her to a homeless shelter: A Greater Cleveland
Social worker Amber Donovan says the best way for Alondra’s Open Table to support her through her housing crisis is to help her think through her options – not necessarily take her in.
Alondra Rivera finds herself homeless after a heated argument with her mercurial mother: A Greater Cleveland
The five women who make up Alondra’s Open Table mentorship team had told Alondra to call if she ever found herself with nowhere to go. We didn’t expect that day to arrive when it did.
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