“If You’re Looking to Change Your Life, This Is the Place to Come To”

4.28.2017 - LISC Stories

April is Financial Capability Month! We are celebrating by sharing stories that highlight our financial stability work. 

Jovan Sams discovered his passion for mechanics as a teen growing up in Chicago’s Jane Addams projects. But the lingering cloud of a felony conviction kept him unemployed for six years and led to bankruptcy. Fortunately, he connected with a LISC-supported Bridges to Opportunity program and took advantage of “everything they had to offer.” Now he works a good-paying union job with the Chicago Transit Authority, and has a robust credit score to boot. A video from North Lawndale Employment Network, where Sams turned his life around, tells the story.