Kendrick Ellison is Giving Back to the Community after 20 Years on the Streets
With assistance from the Cambridge Housing Assistance Fund (CHAF), Kendrick Ellison is reunited with his son, Kenaalli. After living on the streets for over 20 years, Kendrick now has his own apartment along with his son Kendrick, Jr., 16, and Kenaalli with a chance to get full custody of his other two sons: Kumani, 15; and Kenei, 13.
Kendrick coaches youth football and said that coaching football was a good bonding experience with his children, "It gives me a feeling of togetherness and love. I do it for my son and the other kids on the team. It gives me a sense of giving back to the community."
Through Mass Rehab, Ellison is now enrolled at Bunker Hill Community College where he will be studying in their culinary arts program. He also completed the Boston University sponsored study, "Life Skills: Transitioning from Homelessness and Isolation to Housing Stability and Community Integration,"
funded by The National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research, and is now a peer leader in the program.
Kendrick wants to spend his life "paying back the community."
For full Kendrick story, see CHAF's 2011 Winter newsletter here
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Kendrick Ellison is Giving Back to the Community after 20 Years on the Streets