Participant Story: Jovan

A native Stocktonian, Jovan is married with three kids - 4, 9 and 13 years old. He works in construction and his wife is a social worker.

“One of our vehicles broke down. It need a head gasket. So that was pretty expensive and it helped to have the extra $500…[otherwise] the car would have just been sitting until we were able to save enough to fix it, in the meantime still making the monthly car payment and everything else…it would have made it a whole lot difficult to get to work. I work out of town so I wouldn’t have been able to get dropped off and [my wife] wouldn’t have been able to go to work if I have to take the car.”