Adults Facing Challenge to Find Work, Home

ST. LOUIS -- Sam Lyss is an ideal employee.

Sam Lyss at his volunteer
job in a library.

He never misses a day at work, has an eye for detail, loves what he does and is easy to train.
“He’s a whiz at mailings,” said his mother, Jane. “If you lay it out for him and show him one time, he watches you do it once and then just turns around and starts working.”
Then there’s his work ethic.
If you give him too much work, he actually won’t leave,” she said. “They have to take half of it and hide it.”