Kimmie Cross Hurst was a vibrant girl born on the Southside of Chicago in May of 1961. Growing up in the 1960's as the second oldest  child in an interracial household came along with it's own set of challenges. She understood trauma at a young age after relocating with her father when her parents divorced. 

Kimmie was a natural born caregiver, once she graduated from Kenwood High School she decided to fulfill her dream by attending nursing school in Chicago. She than began her adulthood as a wife and mother of her three wonderful children. Tragedy then struck when she lost her daughter  to SIDS. This was the pivotal change in Kimmie's life where she would no longer be the same. From the loss of her daughter she then developed a series of mental struggles from manic depression to full blown substance abuse. 

Even through Kimmie's struggles with he mental health and substance abuse, she still desired to give back and care for others. Kimmie was a loving wife, mother, grandmother sister, aunt, niece, and granddaughter. She was a small woman packed with a big heart filled with laughter and love. Unfortunately during her relapse she was not able to get adequate care outside of prescribed medication which resulted in her life ending tragically in a hit and run accident.

Unfortunately a lot of housing programs are severely understaffed and over crowded  where many women like Kimmie fall through the cracks. Kimmie is the inspiration behind creating an organization where its sole focus is to provide comprehensive & impactful resources for women and children to gain healing from the inside out. Receiving the proper resources to gain healing and provide for your family should not be an obstacle course. 

 

Life is hard, trauma is hard, but just because you break does not mean you're broken. Kimmie's place is created for women to have a healthy safe environment for both them and their children to get the resources they need. At Kimmie’s place we  believe it is a true injustice for women to make the unimaginable decision to choose between getting the help they need and living their children behind. 

Too many cases have been the status quo of a women not being able to find the help that they need while also being able to adequately care for their children. We believe in the importance of  providing programming that develops skills in order to adapt practices to live an independent and sustainable lifestyle. It is our duty to create a healthy safe place where individuals feel open to healing. 

There are times when life knocks your off your feet, and not everyone has the support system to always get back on their feet; Kimmie's place is the way up from their rock bottom. We are raising money in efforts to secure a location, resources, and provide programming.