Feeling Hopeless

The man had no money with himself. He was broke and helpless. Finding a bed every night was a difficult task and what more difficult was to get a hot meal. Not everyone is lucky enough to get a square meal. The man sometimes had to sleep on an empty belly.      

Lost And Forgotten

The man had no family. Even though he managed to get a shelter and meal for himself, he still craved love and respect from people. Some people would shoo him away like a fly and others would take no notice of him. He had gotten tired of it but there was nothing he could do. He had seen a lot in a short span of time. Unfortunately, the ordeal did not seem to have an end. 

A Home?

He found a home. But that home was not like a usual home built of bricks. It was made of cardboard boxes. Every night after being insulted by strangers, he would go back to his home and spend the rest of the night. 

One Day Something Happened

The best thing about time is that it changes. The time of this homeless man too was going to take a turn. He had gotten fed up of finding bed every night so one day he took the step of finding a bed at the Hillsborough County ‘s Community Housing Solutions Center that is in Tampa. The hostel renowned as DACCO was going to turn his life around. 

DACCO

DACCO works with the aim of providing shelter to the homeless. It had begun with a mission in 2015. Antoinette Triplett, Tampa Hillsborough Homeless Initiative’s Chief Executive Officer, puts it aptly, “to reduce the number of people who experience homelessness, and also the length of time people experience homelessness.”

The Caseworker

The peculiar case of Helinski was given to a caseworker of DACCO. He was assigned with the task of looking into the current situation of Helinski. This one of a kind case had intrigued him to a great extent. So, he decided to get to the bottom of it.