I refer to it at the Street Luge of social Services – but it is rewarding and challenging and intense to the point that this job will change how you see family dynamics, local and world politics. Here are the links to my favorite Homeless service Providers and their current Employment Opportunities: Beyond Shelter Please send […]
Read More Jobs working with the HomelessIn Montgomery a One stop Domestic Violence service center is being built with city and county funds. more here: http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20100505/NEWS01/5050354/Plans+made+for+One+Place+Family+Justice+Center
Read More One stop DV servicesMerced gives homeless campers 6 months to move into shelters or leave or be arrested.
Read More homeless camps are “inhumane”?Congratulations on your employment! Your DPSS worker can help you sustain your employment AND give you credit for the hours you are working – but only if you let them know. This is the basic information you should provide IN Writing. There is an actual official form, but until you can turn that in – give […]
Read More Job info to tell your GAIN WorkerI am asked, regularly, if I am forcing homeless families to find housing, to seek shelter, to rent apartments. And, if they do not do these activities will they lose their cash aid or other entitlements. The answer is NO. I do give everyone a 90 day head start and every resource I know in […]
Read More Can you force me to be housed?But everyone knew he was not the father. He paid the support, and continued paying until he lost his job and became homeless. No one advocated for him even though it was clear that he was not the child’s father. And, it does not appear that anyone went looking for the biological father. Seriously? Of all […]
Read More Homeless man jailed for Child SupportI read the page, but it doesn’t really say anything. http://www.hhs.gov/homeless/ I guess I was hoping for an initiative, specific resources, a standard plan to approach homelessness and a critique of how different agencies and states collect information and distribute assistance. ie, the page says “In order to develop strategies to effectively provide health and […]
Read More Health and Human Services & HomelessnessLA County Child Support has a FAQ page : http://cssd.lacounty.gov/faq.htm#esc7 Application for a Child Support case :http://cssd.lacounty.gov/forms/css2101.pdf California’s Child Support Information Page :http://www.childsup.ca.gov/ Paternity FAQ: http://www.childsup.ca.gov/Resources/EstablishPaternity/EstablishingPaternityFAQs/tabid/253/Default.aspx Random thought to chew on : even if it is determined that you are not the father, CA Courts can force you to continue to pay child support if it […]
Read More Child Support – everything you could askRead the LA County GAIN Homeless Policy. It is posted on the public internet. http://www.ladpss.org/dpss/gain/handbook/pdf/Chapter1900.pdf
Read More GAIN Homeless PolicyRead the article by Jam Donaldson – it is well written, and THEN read the comments http://www.bvblackspin.com/2010/02/19/fast-food-and-food-stamps/ . It is definitely food for thought.
Read More Foodstamps & fast food – read the comments
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