Nonprofit Helping 'LOVE Park' Homeless Family Cuts Off Support
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The non-profit that pledged to help a homeless family whose son was found wandering in LOVE Park last October is pulling the plug on its support.
The group's founder says the couple refused to accept the help they need to regain custody of their children and that he's fed up.
"I had to make a hard decision, that, okay fine, we are cutting this," Brian Jenkins, of Chosen 300 Ministries, told KYW Newsradio.
Jenkins rallied community support back in October and raised $12,000 to help Angelique Rolland and Mike Jones.
The couple had been living in LOVE Park with their two young children.
Jenkins used the money to put Roland and Jones in an apartment and arrange counseling. He also found them jobs.
"Shortly after we were able to place them in housing, they began to reject services," he explained.
Jenkins says they became hostile to his staff, so he terminated their housing lease, giving Rolland and Jones 30 days to get out.
"You don't want help-- next. And it's just that simple. There are so many people out there that want to try," Jenkins said.
Jenkins says about $5,000 remains in the fund and he'll put that in an account for the children's education.
KYW Newsradio made multiple calls to a phone number associated with Jones and Roland and left messages. No one returned the calls.
