DEAREST MOMMY –
Jan. 9, 2026 – Stephanie Boyle will soon return to the addiction recovery center from which she received treatment more than three years ago.
This time, she won’t go there as a patient. She was referred for a YWCA housing voucher that fully covered rent. However, it took months to move into permanent housing. When The Daily Herald spoke with Boyle in November 2023, she was moving from the Everett shelter to a Marysville apartment. In 2026, she lives with her three youngest sons in a Marysville house, still with help from the YWCA. Now she receives subsidized rent support based on her monthly income.
The housing resource is the only support she is still eligible for, other than some help she received this Christmas from organizations such as Toys for Tots.
“I have housing through YWCA and, to be honest, as of November, I’ve pretty much been kicked off of everything,” Boyle said last month.
