patching...
Update: The next chapter of your community's story begins with a single voice. Yours. Blog on Patch. »
Welcome back, Patch Blogger!

Anna Richardson

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Homeless in Dakota County

Former Meth Addict Starts a New Life After Brush with Homelessness

Anna Richardson's descent into homelessness began when she got hooked on methamphetamine as a teenager.

Anna Richardson needed a wake-up call. For 10 years, Richardson had been hooked on methamphetamine—only stopping for brief periods when she was pregnant with her two daughters. In all that time, she never held a job, preferring to sell the meth made by her live-in partner. But when police raided her home in 2010, Richardson's life came crashing down. What followed was a spiral of court dates, continued drug use and meetings with a social worker that ultimately culminated in the loss of the 26-year-old Apple Valley resident's child-custody rights. Richardson, unable to make more money selling drugs or collect child-support payments, couldn't afford to pay rent. In September 2010, she became homeless. “Once they told me I couldn’t get my …

shenhuang

9:16 am on Friday, November 30, 2012

Mine Kafon is composed almost http://www.coachfactoryoutletcc.us/ Coach Outlet Online entirely from bamboo and biodegradable plastics, with a skeletal structure of spiky plungers that resembles a http://www.guccibeltsoutletstores.net/ Gucci Belt giant spherical tumbleweed from another planet.At 70 kilograms, Hassani says his invention is light enough to be http://www.coachoutletonlinewo.com/ …   more ›

Got a Hot Tip?