Acknowledgements

How To Be Successful in Housing was written by Lane Michael Stanley and illustrated by Kennedy Ketcham. 

The work was produced in collaboration with Mission First Housing Group as part of the 2023 coLAB Arts Artist Residency in Edison, NJ through a commission by coLAB Arts. The author would particularly like to thank Melissa Mascolo and Dan Swern. 

The content of this guide was created in collaboration with the Middlesex County Consumer Participation Committee and Coming Home of Middlesex County. The author would particularly like to thank Eileen O’Donnell and Migdalia Figueroa for their contributions.

Representatives from Volunteers of America provided additional insights, the Mission First Housing Group Resident Services and Property Management teams, Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care, Rutgers University - Horticultural Therapy Program, Elijah’s Promise, Edison Addiction Services, Jewish Renaissance Foundation, Joseph Kohn Training Center, Family Voice, Garden State Homes, Raritan Bay YMCA, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Metuchen, and the Middlesex County Housing Continuum of Care.

Spanish translation by Gabriela Saker. Voiceover performances by Anna Skidis Vargas and Ray A. Roberts II. Spanish voiceover performance by Anna Skidis Vargas.

This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.