Caseworker Helps Homeless Man To Find His True Identity, Ends Up Learning A Surprising Truth

caseworker helps homeless man to find his true identity ends up learning a surprising truth but before we start please make sure to subscribe to m r tv and hit the bell so you never miss any upload from us also leave a like right now hilinski relocated to the u.s with hopes for a better future however the future had other plans for him having no friends no family around the man soon got homeless he began to live his days on the street he spent three years on the streets spending for himself until a caseworker named inman decided to help him the caseworker and an officer had made it their mission to get the man an identity and a better life luckily they even succeeded in doing so and think that their task is done when a surprising detail about the homeless man comes to their notice something that he had done years ago was going to change the caseworker's perception about the man helinski had his childhood spent in poland he decided to relocate to the states he was very excited about moving to the states however little did he know his decision of moving would mark an unforgettable event in his life things were not the way he had thought the man received the most horrific welcome from the people of the country he got his personal identification documents taken away from him he had no home to live in the place he had relocated to was tampa the city is famous for white sand beaches and good restaurants floating on the water hilinski could not enjoy any of them as he was far away from all that struggling day to day for keeping his body and soul together the man did not have his id with him and without his id it was even more difficult for him to get a place to put up in a homeless shelter the man had nowhere to go in the absence of all the options he had to make the streets his shelter he told i just managed on my own i remember having the cardboard box and sleeping by the bus he went on i'd be underneath the benches there and no one would see me kalinski had no existence for the people no matter how much he tried he could not get his identity verified the loopholes in the system proved to be a big hamper in the work and unfortunately it was just the beginning of his hardships the man had no money he was broke and helpless finding a bed every night was a difficult task and what more difficult was to get a hot meal not everyone is lucky enough to get a square meal the man sometimes had to sleep on an empty belly the man had no family even though he managed to get a shelter and meal for himself he still craved love and respect from people some people would shoe him away like a fly and others would take no notice of him he had gotten tired of it but there was nothing he could do he had seen a lot in a short span of time unfortunately the ordeal did not seem to have an end he found a home but that home was not like a usual home built to bricks it was made of cardboard boxes every night after being insulted by strangers he would go back to his home and spend the rest of the night the best thing about time is that it changes the time of the homeless man too was going to take a turn he had gotten fed up of finding bed every night so one day he took the step of finding a bed at the hillsborough county's community housing solutions center in tampa the hostel renowned as daco was going to turn his life around daco works with the aim of providing shelter to the homeless it had begun with a mission in 2015 antoinette triplett tampa hillsborough homeless initiatives chief executive officer puts it aptly to reduce the number of people who experience homelessness and also the length of time people experience homelessness the peculiar case of hilinski was given to a caseworker of daco he was assigned with the task of looking into the current situation of hilinski this one-of-a-kind case had intrigued him to a great extent so he decided to get to the bottom of it no need to say that the case he had taken into his hands was very complicated but the man was too determined to cow down the story of this homeless man had moved him completely he could not help but take up this case after he heard this sad story he knew from the beginning that this case was going to take lots of his attention in time yet he chose this one the man's intuition was constantly telling him to pursue this case and so he did charles inman the worker said he needed to have an identification but we couldn't get an identification without a birth certificate moreover it was too difficult to turn down his request the man had pinned him with high hopes the caseworker did not want to give him false hopes even though he really wanted to help him he knew the chances were very low as the man held no documents however he told him that he would do whatever he could that night the caseworker couldn't sleep he could feel the burden of his promise that he had made to that helpless old guy he kept tossing and turning on the bed would he be able to deliver on that next morning he went to the center to meet the old man the man was still doubtful whether he should go ahead with the case or not but what he saw there broke his heart completely he saw the old man praying to god he was thanking god for finally listening to his prayer and sending the caseworker into his life it was then the caseworker decided to pursue this case with all his heart and soul he said there was no other option but to succeed you know the thought of putting a 62 year old man back on the street wasn't acceptable he added further the mission of inman soon became the mission of a police officer dan mcdonald where the former told the cop the story of the homeless man and just like inman he refused to give up because of the problem of the lack of documentation he said i like a challenge as mentioned earlier hilinski was born in poland however he was a u.s citizen mcdonald said first we had to figure out that we needed a consular record they had finally found it and now it was time to take another step after finding out that he is a us citizen the duo samaritans helped him get a driver's license along with a social security card the man who spent three years of his life as no one finally had an identity mcdonald too was putting his best efforts to help hilinski he said first i drove him personally to the local tax collector's office where he was able to get a temporary state of florida id card they had successfully done away with one of the obstacles very soon the homeless man would get his identity back this is what the homeless man inman and mcdonald were hoping the duo had gained lots of confidence by this little success however still there was a lot to do in the last three years hilinski had never felt so happy his ordeal that spanned for three years was finally coming to an end the man was extremely thankful for inman the man explained he went beyond the call of duty the old man himself was a mystery the officer and inman had managed to find a lot about the old man but still they were unfamiliar to one aspect of his life this man had something in his past that the duo had not expected ever helinsky had given up all the hopes before his case came under officer mcdonald these three years had stripped him of his confidence faith and hopes his grim situation had taken the best of him he recalled people would just walk past me and ignore me as inman and mcdonald proceeded with their investigation they stumbled upon an interesting fact about the man the man had not told them anything about it they wondered why he kept them in the dark it was such an important detail it was time to confront the old man they had a number of questions on their mind they had been struggling to find his identity for a long time and not for once did he tell them about that particular deed that he had done years ago amazingly helinsky owned a bank account he had made his account in a tampa bank the name of the bank had changed over the years at the time when the man had made his account it was landmark bank but over the years it changed to bank of america and due to the change in name helinski soon forgot about it he remembers it was landmark bank and then it became bank of america whereas he was struggling to live another day on the street the benefits were paid into his account regularly due to the change in the name of the bank he had forgotten about it this is strange how could someone forget their bank account helinski had the memories of the bank erased from his mind due to the fact that the account was not storing much money as mentioned earlier hilinski was an american citizen and he did have social security benefits and it was because of that the amount in his bank was increasing year after year the money that was forgotten and unspent had grown into a valuable amount by then finally the team got their hands on it we don't know the exact amount but have been told it is good helinsky's carer did not know how to react he indeed had never seen a case like this so what was going to happen next officer mcdonald said i think we were both stunned not quite sure what to say well the statement pretty much sums up their situation when they learned about it though the amount was not very big it was more than enough to help him have some secure housing mcdonald explained as a homeless liaison officer the bread and butter of my work often involves hopping department to department trying to help homeless people find the id they need in order to get things like work and housing he had little hope when he had started on this case but their perseverance and hard work made it a success so when they heard about a bank account in his name it put them in disbelief his ordeal was now over which implies that he would not have to live on the streets anymore gone are the days when he used to sleep by hugging himself tight so that he could get some warmth and teeth chattering winter now finally he could get himself a house a real house made of stones and bricks and not of cardboard boxes the man had no words to express his feelings life had been playing games with him since the time he relocated to the u.s the man would have never remembered or found his bank account had inman and the officer not stepped in to help him had they not taken interest in his life story holinsky would still be sleeping on the streets and living in a home made of cardboard boxes helinsky explained i guess i'm exhilarated excited you know the man deserved to be this happy as this was the first time he had felt happy in three years the first thing that the homeless man thought was to get himself home he thought of renting a small apartment with his deposit inman was still in disbelief he said the situation looked really difficult and i wasn't sure how it was going to end up if it failed it meant we'd put a 62 year old man on the street and officer mcdonald and i were not okay with that he added inman had taken up the task but it was going to be very difficult he expressed john was born in poland so it made it even more difficult for him to get a new id i helped him out and said that we will figure this out and get him a bed helinsky always wanted to get out of his sad situation but had lost hope just when he had given up inman came into his life and became his savior life truly has its own plans the officer explained he has the money now to move into his own home he's a very good sweet and genuine man though the case has reached its final stage the officer still thinks that he needs care mcdonald said our job is not to arrest someone it's to help them homeless people are still accountable to the law but they're now starting to see we can be trusted and this new model and field of policing is gaining popularity very quickly i think unfortunately not every homeless man is so fortunate some have to die there after spending their whole life on the street one should not suffer so badly because of their luck this unique story won many people's hearts it became a hot story in the world of news media every channel was running the story and each and every individual who came across it was surprised not many homeless people know that they too are entitled to the same rights and securities as other normal citizens are however very few of them apply for these securities but what if they don't have an account well there is a solution to this problem also in case homeless people do not own a bank account they can make use of securities via direct mail sent by a third party and this is not just the responsibilities of officers but ours too to help homeless men they too deserve a better future you