This morning I have had two homeless information calls routed to me through 411. Apparently the phone company thinks I am the DPSS Homeless Services Desk. I don’t mind, and thanks to my wonderful co-workers and collaborators, I have a great deal of information. However, it may be a grave dis-service to represent me as […]
Read More 411 – wrong numberAdam Schiff set up an information tent in Burbank this weekend. Cool
Read More Sidewalk hours with a congressmanThere is a point where you have to take care of yourself – this is that moment.
Read More 4:30 Friday afternoon – I am a failureBarry called me to ask that I close his Public Assistance case. He can’t seem to shake his cycle of homelessness and sent his teenager back to live with the mother. The mother is also homeless but has stable housing at her parent’s home. Barry and his wife split up in October and he moved […]
Read More Oh wow, my phone callBOARD of SUPERVISORS are looking at cutting Section 8 Housing. Ummm – bad plan!
Read More March 23rd meeting to discuss cutting housing to the homelessI answered my work phone at 5:28pm yesterday. My caller is in her early 20’s, 7 months pregnant and living in the park with her physically disabled husband. “Polly” ,as we are going to call her, is scared senseless. She knows she can’t keep living in the park but her husband can not work and […]
Read More Homeless Horror Story – Polly in the ParkI heard the PSA for SNAP today. It was good, reduced stigma and answered basic questions. You do not need to be on Cash Aid to qualify for Food Stamps. The state Food stamp program is SNAP and it is no longer composed of paper coupons that look like Monopoly money. The application can be […]
Read More Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)LA city passed an ordinance regulating Pot stores. Can someone tell me the ratio of dispenseries to homeless shelters and services?
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