You're work is cut out for you, even if you're not cut out for the work.

It happens when you need it to be Friday on a Tuesday.

What he felt: 

Van Lewis faced an uphill battle.

After being turned away from various overburdened agencies or placed on various waitlists and shuffled between caseworkers—even losing his place on a waitlist because his paperwork was lost in the process of a caseworker transition—Van received a referral to LIFT.