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Art therapy students pose with art instructor Art as therapy is something Camillus House knows well and why it is one of their most successful programs on campus. Some clients that partake in the program and their artwork were recently…

Battling depression and anxiety, unemployed and unemployment checks running out led Erika to seek assistance with her rent from the Department of Children and Family Services. She was approved for aid for 15 months, but she ran into another problem.…

For Immediate Release Miami, FL - In conjunction with the feast of St. John of God, Miami’s Camillus House will be celebrating "5 Days of Hospitality" March 6-10, to reflect on opportunities to show greater Christian hospitality as inspired by…

John Hemphill with his former Case Manager, Nestor Acosta. 57-year-old John has lived a tough life bouncing around different states and regularly turning to Camillus House to help him get his life straightened out. After years of struggle, John was ultimately…

On a daily basis, watching and participating in many public behaviors displayed by both male and female residents of the 305, it’s difficult to discern if innocent flirting leads to more offensive behavior, such as human trafficking. The first interaction…

Camillus House is a temporary place for clients to come and find help to get their life back on track. Once that goal is achieved, what then? The next step is CamillusYOUniversity (CamYOU) for short, an expansion of Camillus House’s…

A family man, father of four who suffers from a degenerative eye disease that has left him legally blind, Hector Otzoy doesn’t let his disability get the best of him. It certainly hasn’t stopped him from volunteering at Camillus House…

Laughing Yoga Participants For Immediate Release Miami, FL - Camillus House through the Camillus Youth Housing Initiative (CYHI) and with the support of funders like Simply, provides support necessary to transition formerly homeless youth from the streets to stable housing.…

For Immediate Release MIAMI, FLA – Camillus House will celebrate its Thanksgiving Day feast at the Norwegian Cruise Line Campus of Camillus House, located at 1603 NW 7th Avenue. Organizers expect over 80 teen and adult volunteers (some who’ve been…

Becoming homeless in late 2019 came as a complete shock to Xiomara who with four children and with another one on the way, this one a high-risk pregnancy, it meant she couldn’t work. Her abusive partner at the time left…