Gift of Tiny Home Reunites Veteran With His 2-yo Daughter Thanks to a New Current Address

Gift of Tiny Home Reunites Veteran With His 2-yo Daughter Thanks to a New Current Address

Tim with his daughter at their tiny home Village – Courtesy of Veterans Community Project When his 2-year-old daughter Majesty fell into the foster care system, a U.S. Navy veteran faced a significant barrier in his fight to assert custody: He didn’t have a permanent address. At that point, Tim had gotten his life back on track after a struggle with substance use. He’d built up nearly two years of sustained recovery in a Missouri residential treatment program—but his group living arrangement in that program wasn’t designed for children nor did it meet family court requirements. “I just remember thinking: ‘How can I rescue my daughter?’” Luckily, a tiny blue home became available at Veterans Community Project (VCP), a nonprofit village that features several slightly larger family units to house couples or help residents regain parental rights of their children. A program manager at Tim’s rehab group home who was familiar with VCP made the connection and, in a matter of days, Tim was able to…