Gripped by fear
“I love Ruth Goebel House. I felt safe and secure there.”
Anne Marie fled her home of 30 years. Having vocalized her employer’s violation of equal opportunity laws, he terrorized her with harassment and threats. Her consuming fears of her employer resulted in attempted suicide and forced her to leave home. Anne Marie was homeless.
She went to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless’ Stout Street Clinic where a nurse found her a room at the Coalition’s Ruth Goebel House, a home for women seeking refuge. This warm, old house was the sanctuary Anne Marie needed to regain her life, and within six months she had her own apartment. Anne Marie now lives without fear.
Named for a homeless woman left to die on Denver streets, Ruth Goebel House offers up to two years of transitional housing for women struggling with homelessness, mental illness, or domestic violence. Megan, the house cat, greets each resident with a meow of welcome. Staff members at Goebel House help residents acquire stable housing and treatment services.