Jackie

At the beginning of the program, Jackie dedicated a lot of her time to taking care of her ailing husband, a relationship which she describes as abusive. Throughout the program, she experienced health challenges of her own, navigating her experience of trauma and depression.

During the unconditional cash study, she used some of the money to leave for a halfway house. By the end of the program, she returned to supporting her husband as a full-time caretaker.

"I did use some of that money to make my way through the halfway house. I lived in another state for a year and I should have stayed. I should have stayed where my family and my kids were, but I didn't. I ended up coming back and falling back into his trap and it just started the whole cycle over again.”