Miccah loves to play video games and do any STEAM activity. Since participating in the ‘Ready Buddies’ program, Miccah has also expressed interest in becoming a policeman. He lives with his mother, grandmother, mother’s boyfriend, and three siblings. Miccah’s biological father died a year ago and he has struggled emotionally with this loss. His mother works 12-hour shifts and cannot provide all the emotional and academic support Miccah needs. She sometimes struggles to ensure Miccah attends school and he is currently below grade-level in both reading and math.
Miccah is enrolled in Friends of the Children – Charlotte, and his ‘Friend’ provides an outlet for his emotions and feelings, and they are working on his emotions around losing his father. This is also helping Miccah create a better environment for learning and his ‘Friend’ has also worked with the school to set up an IEP to set out a plan to help Miccah improve his reading and math abilities. The 2-Gen part of the model has provided therapeutic resources for Miccah, his sisters, and mother to create a more positive, supportive and stable home environment to benefit them all.
