At 18, his father died and his family fell apart. James ended up on the street. He had to make it on his own. A friend told him about Covenant House, and he came to the Crisis Center. Later he was accepted into our long-term Rights of Passage program.
Rights is like a family, with all a family's ups and downs.
But the really great thing about living here is that I'm never lonely anymore. And that makes a big difference when you're trying to build a life for yourself. But they never picked up the skills they need to become independent adults. In place at Covenant Houses in Alaska, California, Florida, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Washington, D.C, and Toronto, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico, ROP offers motivated kids a chance to improve their education, to enter the workforce and to train for a job with a future. ROP offers motivated kids a chance to improve their education, to enter the workforce and to train for a job with a future.