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Homeless mother of five becomes teacher in New Jersey

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    Community program comes to aid of unemployed mom

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I want you can't sit down.

Treaty -- team is -- preschool teacher she got here after learning a hard life lesson is hat I was on unemployment.

And I have five children take Canada's single mother lost her job was evicted -- her -- and became homeless you trust all I you make the sacrifices and do what you need to do but.

You know -- just a simple turn of events can just unravel everything.

Thanks to an agency called new community corporation Tracy and her family were given an apartment here in -- she went to school for her early childhood education degree and became a teacher right so now works for new -- -- school.

When they helped me out my family -- upon my life this is what I'm doing now for the -- in my -- welcome on the table that -- just like me.

Your husband will just like man I mean to -- -- for them.

New community corporation has been helping people like Tracy for 45 years helping them with housing education and employment.

It was started in the 1960s and the founder tells me they -- continues to wrap.

We're become public housing authority in the sense that we're working with the lowest income people.

And find out.

It is the largest community development agency in the country and help some 50000.

People a month.

They are now celebrating their 45 anniversary.

And Tracy is celebrating a new lease on life.

Let's hope.

Best hope they have helped in Newark Christine -- -- V 10 o'clock --