Homeless for the Holidays

Beginning Monday during Morning Edition, WVPE's Kent Fulmer examines homelessness in Michiana and the holiday season with formerly homeless people and representatives from the organizations that helped them. Listen to Morning Edition starting Monday for "Homeless for the Holidays."

Listen to part 1 of the Homeless for the Holidays WVPE Special Series: Mike Perez - Mike is currently the Resource/Development Director of Faith Mission and will be taking over as the Executive Director at the first of the year.

Listen to Derrick Nelms who was homeless for 35 years and is a Faith Mission success story.

Steve Camilleri is the Executive Director of The Center For The Homeless in South Bend. Listen to Kent and Steve's conversation from this morning.

Shelly Kocsis is a Center the Homeless success story - Shelly is a formerly homeless single mother of 7 whose entire family was housed at the Center For The Homeless in South Bend.