Losing a home or having to move suddenly is stressful and uncertain for any family. Many also worry about what will happen to their pets. To address this issue, St. Vincent de Paul of Baton Rouge (SVDPBR) and the Companion Animal Alliance (CAA) are working together. They have launched a new program to give families emergency shelter and support when they need it most. Through CAA's Safety Net Program, pet owners in crisis can have their animals placed in temporary foster care

For Jesse, homelessness did not happen all at once. It began when the Baton Rouge apartment complex where Jesse lived with his wife and three children shut down, forcing everyone to leave. Jesse did everything he could to keep his family together and find them a place to live. For a while, he managed. The family moved into a hotel, and Jesse used his paycheck to cover their room each week. But when his job became uncertain, their housing did too. Soon, they had to start payin

Each morning at St. Vincent de Paul's Sweet Dreams Shelter, yellow school buses pull up to collect children staying with their families at the shelter. Backpacks slung over their shoulders, they step aboard for what appears to be an ordinary school day. For these children and their parents, however, that daily routine represents something much greater– a return to stability after a season marked by uncertainty. At St. Vincent de Paul of Baton Rouge’s Sweet Dreams Shelter, fam