One year since it first opened its doors, Windsor transitional home Hand in Hand Support is celebrating its accomplishments so far, while launching a new program to help clients get back into the workforce.
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It s absolutely catastrophic out there right now, said Robert Sandwith, co-founder of Hand in Hand Support.
As a frontline worker, Sandwith offers transitional support to those struggling with addiction. He said many people who seek help are in desperate need for support. We re not getting phone calls just from individuals. We ve always been getting them from the mothers, but we re getting calls from the sisters, the brothers, the grandparents, cousins, friends, said Sandwith. We re averaging sometimes two to three phone calls just for one individual and complete despair of what to do.
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