Seen with her 3-year-old son, Quanzell Watson, Deanna Watson needed nonslip shoes and black pants to apply a job working for a restaurant. She recently moved into the Villages at Alton Park with Quanzell and her other three boys, Tyrique, 10, Antavious, 6, and Zion, 2. The Neediest Cases Fund was able to help her.
Standing in the kitchen of her new home in Alton Park, Deanna Watson is still in the process of moving.
She is waiting for her furniture to arrive and fill the mostly empty rooms, making the house seem more like home for her and her boys.
The mother of four moved to Chattanooga six years ago from Columbia, S.C., to care for an ailing aunt. Not wanting to uproot her kids and move again, she opted to keep her family in Chattanooga.
Even after being in the city for years, she didn’t know where to turn for help.
After calling 211 for assistance, Watson was asked if she would like any information about job help through Building Stable Lives, a program through the United Way of Greater Chattanooga and Partnership for Families, Children and Adults that provides services, including job hunting, aimed at long-term stability.