Help Jack Escape Abuse and Homelessness

Some of Jack's mental diagnoses.

Have you ever been afraid for your life? Whether it's becoming homeless, being outright threatened, or in a constant fear of your life ending or falling apart? That's the reality for Jack. 24/7. Every single day. Please share this as much as you can. A person's life is on the line.

Jack is a non-binary low vision/blind 21 year old who is on the brink of homelessness and is currently living with an abuser. Jack also has a number of mental disorders, including severe depression, severe anxiety, and PTSD/C-PTSD. She has been struggling for stability and independence for many, many years. Her father was an active physical and sexual abuser, and her mom is an active verbal and psychological abuser and alcoholic. Jack currently lives with her mother, an active alcoholic, who is constantly putting them in danger. The mom persistently triggers Jack's PTSD on a daily basis, which is taking an extreme toll on her mental health. Not to mention that the mom has 10 cats that she does not care for, which is a health hazard, as Jack has fallen down the stairs slipping in feces/vomit many times over. It is a disgusting and terrifying household to live in, and it's only getting worse.

Jack moved out of their mother's house in 2022 to find a new apartment, hoping to escape her mother, and ended up getting kidnapped by someone she met on Craigslist. She was held hostage in a trailer/car for approximately 3 weeks before the kidnapper got into a car wreck, which caused significant spinal and brain damage to Jack. The brain damage caused Jack's eyes to fail, and they can no longer see more than about a foot in front of their face. Because lenses do not help with this, Jack was able to get a service dog (in training). The spinal damage took YEARS to heal enough for her to be able to walk again. In fact, Jack only started being able to walk again in 2024. She continued to be homeless for over a month until she found someone willing to let her live in the guest bedroom for rent. She lived on her own for almost two years, selling belongings, destroying her credit and living off her savings, before she had absolutely no money left. She was forced to move back home with her mother to avoid being homeless again. It was a hard choice, as both options are terrible, but she wanted what was best for her ferrets.

Jack is currently living in the upstairs bedroom of her abusive mother's house. The mother has berated her, abused her, and stolen from her in the nearly 10 months she has been back in the house. Jack has used every single bit of energy she has left to be kind and distant to her mother in attempts to stay out of harm's way. Of course, abusers do not like this response, and her mom tried harder and harder each day to break Jack. But, Jack continued to be as strong as she was able to. She began her healing journey with therapy, medications, and lots of support from her friends. Obviously this did not sit well with Jack's mother. To see someone trying to improve themselves only makes people like Jack's mother angry because they are unhappy with their own life. So now, Jack's mom is throwing her back out to the street because Jack isn't reacting the way the mom wants her to. Family is out of the question, as most of Jack's family has died/abandoned her over the many years of abuse, and she has literally nowhere to go.

Despite trying for months to get disability for her mental disorders and blindness, it is still in review because the system is very slow. Unfortunately, it is too slow. Jack has tried everything so far. She is on waiting lists for housing but the list is out months or even years ahead.

We need enough money to save Jack from being homeless again. She is petrified of the thought, as homelessness did NOT treat her very well the first time. Continuing to live here isn't an option, even if she wanted to now.

We need enough money for a down payment on a home/apartment, and to pay off the loads of debt that she has accumulated from having no income. Jack is very close to giving in to her abusers, and giving them what they want. But she still has so much life to live. She has hobbies, she has friends outside of the country that adore her, she has ferrets that she loves with every fiber of her being, as well as her amazing service and guide dog. Things are getting progressively dire, and there isn't much time left. We are trying everything we can as quickly as we can, but we need help. We aren't always able to handle things on our own. If you could consider donating, or sharing which is completely free, you can save someone's life who hasn't even started to live yet.

Since Jack is disabled, they receive food stamps from the state to help pay for necessary food. As you may have guessed, Jack's mom is in control of these food stamps (and steals them, too) because the state recognizes the mom as Jack's caregiver. This means that Jack can't legally be emancipated. Jack is afraid that once the mom finds out about this, she will resort to physically harming Jack again, or worse, to 'remove' Jack.

The deadline is April 1st. This is the date that Jack will be abused further than she has been in a very long time. WE can prevent this. ALL money will go towards a down payment for a home or apartment and clearing the financial debt Jack has from trying to save her own life so many times.

This is a very dire situation at this point, and we need to put our faith into others. Please share this. Anything helps. We'll attach some of our favorite photos from Jack to give you a glimpse into the hope she still has, and the life she NEEDS to continue to live. We believe in her.