Anisha, a medical case manager at CFH, is constantly amazed by her clients, the homeless who live on the street.

“They’re so resourceful,” she says. “Once I asked one of my clients how he stayed warm. He explained the layers of newspaper, cardboard and sleeping bags.”

Anisha has been with CFH for more than seven years, and working with the street homeless is her passion.
“What keeps me going are the clients. I was born to help rebuild and change lives. I love working with my families or street homeless and seeing them progress.”

She holds her “office hours” at soup kitchens in Manhattan and her clients, who are mostly male, come to her for a quick fix like an ID card. Some come to her for ongoing support such as finding a place to live and her goal is to create whatever stability is possible.

For Anisha, success is a second or third request for help because that means she’s established trust. She became a social worker to help others and she’s found a people group that need her desperately.

“I have learned that any step that a client takes in a positive direction means everything. Sometimes you can see them make changes from A to Z other times it maybe from A to C. However; any progress means that the client and counselor relationship is impacting them in some way.”

Anisha is proud to be a part of CFH because she says CFH brings their service directly to the client, a service that many places don’t offer.

“The street homeless are a vulnerable population but they have a lot of strengths and survival skills. They just need one person to say, ‘You’ve been through a lot, but you’re still here.’”