Stories of Hope

Spark change on Sacramento's Garden Highway! Discover stories under tarps, surrounded by dogs and bicycles. Click to empathize, support, and be a force for good.

On any given day driving along the Garden Highway in Sacramento, you can see tents lined up along the riverbank; the men and women, tarps, bicycles, and dogs huddled beneath the interstate as traffic whizzes by overhead.

Michael is an artist and dedicated social worker who has helped transform the lives of dozens of TLCS clients. He also used to be a client. Michael started his journey with us when he signed up for an outpatient care program (HRC) funded by Sacramento County.

For the majority of my life I was addicted to Meth and alcohol, basically self- medicating undiagnosed mental illness in a dangerous and destructive way. My story began in 2005 when I moved to Sacramento from San Francisco to go into drug and alcohol treatment.