b'SUCCESS STORYA FATHERS JOURNEY TOSTABILITY AND SELF-RELIANCEThe day Jerome Davis walked into a neighborhood resource fair, he was just hoping to pick up school supplies for his daughter. He didnt know it would be the first step in transforming his entire life.Jerome had always done whatever it took to provideworking third shift, riding the bus in all weather, juggling parenting and long hours. But despite all his effort, true stability remained just out of reach.His girlfriend, Vershon Ward, spotted a table offering information about budgeting support. That moment led Jerome to Jamie Fuller, a Success Coach with United Way of Greater Greensboros Family Success Center 2 (FSC2), launching a three-year journey of coaching and transformation.The challengeWhen Jerome began working with FSC2, he was trying to start a new job as a school bus driver for First Student, but without reliable child care or transportation, every step forward felt like two steps back. At the time, he and his daughter were living in a basement apartment, teetering on the edge of housing instability.We rode the city bus in all weatherjust to get to my job, where I drove a bus all day, Jerome recalls.That all began to shift the day he walked through the doors of FSC2. At the time, the program was housed at the Salvation Army Greensboro. (It now continues its mission from its new home at YWCA Greensboro.)I was skeptical, Jerome admits. But I knew I needed to make a changefor me and for my daughter. 8UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO'