rants

” You just had your nails and hair done. Obviously you don’t need Welfare!”. Seriously? You are going to say that? Homeless adults have outreach programs that do make-overs. We should expect these folks to be dressed nicely when they come to their appointments and when they look for housing or work. Stop speculating about […]

pride vs paycheck

Be willing to take the job, low pay and all. Take the gross job that you hate if it is the only one offered to you. Let the long hours focus your ideas of every other type of work you would rather be doing. Then, find a resource to guide you into that type of […]

entitlements

I hear a lot of people complain about “Entitlement” programs as the downfall of our economy: that the very tools that are supposed to protect us in the worst cases are in fact bankrupting us and teaching folks to expect to be rescued. The entitlement, I think, should not belong to the poor: the entitlements […]

Steve Westly

I am typing this at Menlo College’s graduation and Mr. Westly is speaking. He is talking about failure and the change of the American Economy. Californians have been writing the chapters of world history with the Gold rush,the silver screen and Silicon Valley. Don’t take “no” as a final answer, Do what you enjoy doing, […]

Tipper Gore on her homeless friends

I follow http://www.change.org on Twitter ad a few days ago, they posted this wonderful article by Tipper Gore. You remember her, wife of the former VP now Nobel Prize Winner Al . . . Tipper wrote on the http://www.takepart.com blog about her memories of working with residents of the street. Personally, I loved it. Here […]

Lights, Action, SMELL

She asked me if I thought about what Skid Row smelled like before I started working there. To be honest I did not. Also – you should be told, that Skid Row smells like an airplane bathroom after a case of business class food poisening.

Define “Homeless”

this is the USA’s definition of Homeless

$$ Omnibus Congress money

Money released for homeless and lowincome housing

Understanding Section 8

“One of the changes in attitudes that I want to see here in Washington and all across the country is a belief that it is unacceptable for children and families to be without a roof over their heads in a country as wealthy as ours.”

— President Obama, speaking to reporters on March 24, 2009.