{"id":568,"date":"2018-04-09T14:15:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T14:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdnewdirections.org\/newstaging\/?p=568"},"modified":"2024-08-26T13:01:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T13:01:10","slug":"justin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdnewdirections.org\/newstaging\/stories-we-live-by\/justin\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories We Live By: Justin"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"568\" class=\"elementor elementor-568\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-947a2f2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"947a2f2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-28bee001\" data-id=\"28bee001\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb4959e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eb4959e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/mdnewdirections.org\/newstaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Justin-MTDL-10.17-1-1024x710.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-573\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdnewdirections.org\/newstaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Justin-MTDL-10.17-1-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mdnewdirections.org\/newstaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Justin-MTDL-10.17-1-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdnewdirections.org\/newstaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Justin-MTDL-10.17-1-768x532.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bcf16ef elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3bcf16ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Justin came to MND in October 2017. He was a stay at home Dad, forced to make that choice after both of his in-laws had passed away. Although his wife had a higher paying job, they now struggled with just one income. His bills were piling up when he saw our sign and stopped in to learn more. Within a day, Justin was registered for our Maritime Transportation, Distribution and Logistics training program.<\/p><p>Justin attended training and completed the program. This wasn&#8217;t an easy task as during this time, as he was also getting kids to daycare each morning, making sure he had a suit to wear, worrying about bills, and discovering his youngest child was autistic. Although this brought on a new set of challenges for the family, Justin communicated with his Job Coach and together, they lined up resources not only for his employment, but for his family.<\/p><p>Justin says one of his proudest moments came when his little boy realized, and commented, that Daddy was wearing a suit. 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