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The Department became involved with this family almost a year ago and the family has made great progress. The mother is now almost 190 days sober, and the family is currently residing in their second homeless shelter while waiting on their new apartment to be ready. The mother has struggled with substance abuse addiction on and off for years, and her children were removed from her in August and she did not at first engage in services until January when she hit the ground running. Her children had a rough experience in foster care, to say the least, and were returning home at the beginning of June. The mother does work full time, but is needing assistance with some items for their new apartment while she is getting back on her feet, as she does not receive any help from the children's father.