Jane’s Story

In the spring of 2007, the Retreat’s LINCS program opened to help survivors of domestic abuse overcome the hurdle of the “technology age.” Some came to earn their GED (high school equivalency certificate), and others gained pertinent career skills that made earning a livable wage possible.

Jane was one of our first clients. She had been in an abusive marriage and couldn’t see a way out. She certainly didn’t make enough money working part-time at a grocery store to leave.

When she learned of the Retreat’s LINCS program from her counselor at the Retreat, she immediately asked to join the class. She changed her hours at the grocery store and asked her sister to help her out with her younger children. She had never used a computer but was determined to overcome her “fear.”

The class met three times per week for three hours a day. Although she lived quite a distance from our Riverhead office, with four young children, and a car that was unreliable, she never missed a class.

After graduating, Jane was able to land a wonderful job as an office assistant, earning a competitive wage with health benefits. Today, she is financially independent, living an abuse-free life, and proudly supporting herself and her children.

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