Break time

Merry and Jr Snow White coloring

Cal-Fresh (akak Foodstamps) on EBT explained.

LA County is doing a great job at outreach to explain the service. They are posting information fact sheets here: http://www.ladpss.org/dpss/calfresh/brochures.cfm http://www.ladpss.org/dpss/calfresh/pdf/brochures/CalFreshBenefitsEBTCardBrochure(English).pdf This is the text from one of them. Food stamp benefits are now a card not coupons: Food stamps are not paper coupons anymore. Now you get an electronic benefits transfer (EBT) card. It […]

Homeless Teens and Cell Phones

The Huffington Post posted this http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/21/homeless-teens-cell-phones_n_1163106.html but http://www.wearevisible.com has been on this mission for a while now; to connect people with resources through cell phones and social media

My Unicorn Poops Cupcakes

@KPmemberservice @arcadiapd

Unit Photo

my friends change.org petition – via Lynn Rivera

Friends, comrades, etc My students at Bravo Medical Magnet and I created a petition entitled “Oppose cuts to public school transportation funding,” calling on the governor to refuse to balance the California budget on the backs of public school students and educators. This issue directly affects us, since the proposed mi-year budget cuts could end […]

MEND in the NEWS

@csun-lrc @csungrad @mendpoverty1 @lolitanbcla

Low income health insurance

@mridleythomas: Free health care program available for low income County residents via Healthy Way LA – http://ow.ly/7J66F Shared via TweetCaster

Amen to MEND for the Merry Christmas Adopt A Family Program

as written about in @ladailynews. This is why I love @mendpoverty1. Dennis McCarthy wrote this lovely story: http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_19521454 . To be honest, this is not just a story of how two families connected – it is the spirit of MEND in Pacoima, and the reason I (way out here in Arcadia) love the San Fernando Valley […]

My Thoughts on the Despairing Mother In a Welfare Office Shooting Herself and Children

I see mentally ill, emotionally disturbed, stressed, poor parents all the time. It’s my job. I deal in poverty, foodstamps, drugs, alcohol, little kids, social workers, DCFS, and desperation from 8am to 5pm 5 days a week and in my time off I volunteer with more poor parents and families and some of my friends […]