She has it framed on her desk. They began working together two years ago when Ms. Weathersby was pregnant for the second time. She has a daughter who's now 5. Ms. Waller's first visit to the apartment found Ms. Weathersby sitting in the dark, crying, saying she didn't know if she wanted to live. Participation in the program is voluntary.
Clients invite parent partners into their lives and homes and can end the relationship at any time.
Then they got busy. The older woman drove her downtown to clear up overdue utility bills. Ms. Waller also encouraged the Woodward High School dropout to pursue her GED, which Ms. Weathersby will complete by the end of the year. A standard goal-setting exercise revealed that Ms. Weathersby wanted to work as a school bus driver. So she earned her commercial driver's license.