Author: Homeless
“how can you be so chill and laid back”? #fb
This is the best question I have heard all day – possibly all year! I am calm in real life because I vent on-line. When I have a homeless family who is going to sleep in their car in my parking lot because there are no shelter beds available, when someone tells me they have […]
Read More “how can you be so chill and laid back”? #fbHomelessness is children – a few facts
The National Center of Family Homelessness found that homeless children are sick four times more often than other children and are three times as likely to have emotional and behavioral problems compared to non-homeless children. Violence also plays a major role in the lives of most homeless children, according to national data. By the age […]
Read More Homelessness is children – a few factsGOALS
What I want HomelessInLA to accomplish in the next year – a comprehensive list of all the local shelters and the demographics they serve a user friendly guide to navigating the Public Assistance system (Cash Aid, Medi-Cal, Medi-Care, Social Security, IHSS) A Sample budget for the low income that reflects a savings plan More introductions and […]
Read More GOALSUnpacking hope for 2012
“This is temporary “, “You won’t be poor forever”, “all things must pass”, “plan for success and you will have it” – I say this about 50 times a day to my clients, to my friends, my children and to myself. I am hoping 2012 will be a better year for all of us – […]
Read More Unpacking hope for 2012Bye Bye CA Redevolpment Agencies
You could have been soo good for California. you were supposed to use tax increases and build projects in the poorest and most blighted parts of the city. Instead you had a few good projects and funneled funds to your cronies like bathtub gin in the 1920’s. Read more ♥♥http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2011/01/jerry_brown_redevelopment_aler.php
Read More Bye Bye CA Redevolpment AgenciesOn CHRIST, Christmas and Homelessness
Because I am shallow and I judge people I tell my friends: it they stressed out over Hanukkah and Christmas giving, that they did it wrong. The holidays are about giving and showing your love for others (ideally in a reflection of God’s love for us – but I won’t Bible Thump because that annoys me also) […]
Read More On CHRIST, Christmas and HomelessnessLincoln
sometimes I post on the fly, this was supposed to go to DarlasMom blog
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Happy Holidays and New Year –
Thank you for a memorable year. There is just too much to say so, “if a picture paints a thousand words”, imagine how long this could have been. Please find my attached Holiday message. 2011.pdf
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