United Way Home Walk : my 1/2 second of Fame

Look Mom, ( and @mWomack !) I am on the Internet! Last year I did the Home Walk with MAXIMUS Inc, where I work. I went to look at The United Way LA’s page today and found my daughter (in the scarf) and I (chubby girl with sign held in front of face – by […]

Hope

The sign bearers are not just asking for one meal, one night of sleep, or one hand out – they are looking for momentary hope so they can face the bigger issues they are up against. They are asking for one bite sized morsel of HOPE. How often do you help by giving hope […]

School on Wheels

On September 13th the Los Angeles Unified School District will start the 2010 – 2011 School Year. At least one student in every school will be homeless. In some schools, it is more like 2 or more homeless students per grade. How can these kids – living in shelters, shuffling between family and friends – keep up with […]

Education vs. Welfare – Please Set Your Priorities on Stun

Last week the rate of Homeless Welfare parents who sat at my desk without earning a GED or High School Diploma was 80%. The number was easy to calculate: I only saw 20 clients and 16 of them came to CalWORKS without a High school Education. Of the 4 who had a GED/HS Diploma – one […]

FRAUD! How to See it and Report it …

(800) 349-9970 Money that is mispent here is stolen from the needy. Examples:

Third strike for stealing food?

Gregory Taylor was released from jail after he had been convicted on the Three Strikes law upon stealing food from a church that often sheltered him. He was hungry and homeless, not acting as a hard-core criminal. Read more about him and the Stanford Law students who worked his case ♥♥ http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20013856-504083.html

Crime against Homeless Women

A man in a brown van has kidnaped and raped two homeless women in Los Angeles. He threw one in a trash bin when he was done with her. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/08/12/rapist-kidnapping-homeless-women-las-skid-row/

LA County DPSS Stragic Plan

is online for all to read. http://dpss.lacounty.gov/dpss/strategic_plan/

On the road HOME, meet the Homeless in America

@hardlynormal Don’t be surprised if you start to see little bits of yourself in their lives. That’s the point.

We will help you – if you just change for us

“Male and female couples who are not married, but are willing to be married if accepted into the program, may still apply. Because of the nature of the program, we do not accept single mothers who are pregnant. If the mother is pregnant, it needs to be a two parent family. We work with single […]