‘When I left care I had nowhere to turn for support’

SLEEPING on sofas, going from place to place and homeless, young Jacinta McAuliffe was struggling to keep her life going.

She became homeless after leaving State care and had no support but was lucky to get help at a charity care centre.

“When I left care I had no where to turn to for support and found myself staying at friends’ places and sleeping on sofas. I wasn’t happy, I had no support and was moving from place to place with no direction. When I moved here to Chéad Chéim it was so different.