“I enjoy my life for the first time in years; just a normal life of being clean and sober.” Karen Wilson “I was a disaster case,” Karen Wilson says of her former life as a drug addict. “If you saw me then and see me now, total and complete change.” Becoming a disaster case was, however, a dramatic change itself for the Louisiana woman who describes her teenage years in a “very good, upper-middle-class family” where the father was a supervisor in construction. At 15, Karen found herself facing peer pressure at school that tumbled out of control when public…

“The Resolana program will lead you where you need to go.” Debra Bea McCarthy Lifelong Dallas-area resident Debra Bea McCarthy stays busy with her work for Amazon, completing her fifth year with the company as a trainer for Amazon van drivers. She’s the mother of five adult children and she and her husband enjoy their home in Lancaster. And she sings in the Living Sound Choir at Inspiring Body of Christ Church. Her life today is, however, a complete turnaround from her youth. She had a turbulent early start with an abusive, alcoholic mother. After her parents divorced, Child Protective Services…

“If I didn’t choose Resolana, I would probably be dead.” Getting lost in the system is the last thing a prisoner in jail would want to experience. But for Danielle Keath, getting lost in the Dallas County Jail system meant getting found—and changed—through Resolana, the trauma and addiction treatment program run by Volunteers of America Texas. By all accounts, Danielle was responsible. She grew up in Phoenix and got a full-time job the day she turned 16. Weekends were party time with family, alcohol included. It wasn’t uncommon, she says, to have a beer with her mother over the conversation….

“We can’t keep what we have until we give it away. I feel most close to God when I’m helping someone.” Business owner Michelle Deskeere stays busy. Her landscaping and lawn maintenance business is thriving. She loves the work and gets to lend a helping hand to some of her older clientele. She has a family including her parents, a brother, and her pride and joy: three sons. One is a 22-year-old Arlington city firefighter. Another is 16 and has made incredible strides with his high-functioning autism. Her eight-year-old is in gifted and talented classes. Her life and family represent…

Hallmark has nothing on this couple’s love story. Eligio and Ligia, residents of VOA Texas senior apartments Abilene, have been married for nine years.

Our first post-pandemic Christmas service was held on Tuesday, December 13 at the Marty Leonard Chapel in Fort Worth, TX.

Dallas Mavericks CEO, Cynt Marshall, was honored at our third annual Women in Play event at Gleneagles Country Club in Plano, Texas..

More than 60 families served by VOA Texas received Turkeys for Thanksgiving. Our Veteran clients shared their appreciation for the generosity of VOA Texas friends and supporters.

VOA Texas Resolana Program participants share their stories of trauma and triumph from inside the walls of the Dallas County Jail.

Three graduates of our Resolana program tell how they turned trauma into triumph.