Ending Homelessness is a Fight

This week has been exhausting. I feel sore and tired and my hands ache. I’ve never noticed before how similar a fist is to holding a pen. Bang! Boom! Pow! Jumping in and mixing get it up with people’s lives is messy and the chaos comes from all sides. Sometimes my fiercest opponent is the […]

it’s like Christmas, only you’re getting your own stuff

I was checking the California State Controller’s office for unclaimed property and found more than I thought (but not the item I was expecting… hmm) most of it was easy to claim, 1 item will require my sending in my licence. https://ucpi.sco.ca.gov/ucp/Default.aspx

Addiction, making normal feel awef

Here is a video that explains addiction better than words can. I’ve met many people who were sidelined by addiction. For skme, the pursuit became all encompassing, for others it became a mandatory part of self maintenance. Some people are addicted and function just fine…but there are so many levels to be aware of. http://io9.com/this-deceptively-cute-animation-illustrates-the-horrors-1661191621 […]

The meaning of life.

At Arcadia High School I was every bit the smarta $$ I am today. I had a history teacher offer extra credit to anyone who could explain the "meaning of life". So of course I did. I wrote a paper in crayon and marker and got my "A". I also got my life purpose at […]

Working (and using Welfare to Work)

We ran into @carlsjr for fries and this cashier said "You’re from the GAIN!". Yay! When we were collaborating on her life she was hired by Carl’s Jr and I had told her I would stop in and check on her. She is working but the low pay and minimum hours keep her tethered to […]

Lunch

My name is Sonya and I am working through lunch. I just looked up and it is 12:33 pm, lunch began half an hour ago and I am knee deep in files and paper and the documentation of lives and efforts of struggling people. I am pretty much content.

Yes. There are many homeless children in Los Angeles.

I can tell that homelessness in children has increased dramatically. I know this because I work with homeless parents and my case load has grown and grown like a weed. No. There are not enough shelters for families. Yes, children are sleeping in boxes, on sidewalks, in parking lots, in parks, on kitchen floors, on […]

Chatsworth Work Force Recruitment

First Student Company Recruitment December 3.pdf

How you know you have my cell phone

Some ladies get motivational texts, or sexts. Me? I get questions about homelessness.

Papercuts

70% of Social work is actually Paper work. I don’t think I can donate blood any more:I bleed too much from paper cuts. I only notice the cute a hen I use hand sanitizer. Ouch!