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 numberThere 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 ParkCalls from the Doctor, potential employers, landlords, county social workers, etc, a phone is an absolute essential for survival if you are trying to break out of poverty. Home phones are not possible if you don’t have a home and cell phones are great – but if you don’t have an outlet to charge it […]
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Read More Early Homeless Prevention StrategiesI stare at feet – alot. My feet are a constant topic of conversation and always cold, so of course I enjoy socks. I have about six pairs of socks shoved in my desk drawer at work, 2 pairs in my car and uncountable masses of mis-matched socks in my apartment. I don’t care, I […]
Read More SocksNew York Work Advantage program is housing families in homes that are in foreclosure, apartments with mold, mice and no hot water. the Daily News has more information The Advantage program sounds wonderful. It is not tied in to the welfare system and offers life skills, budgeting and legal services. The problem is that while […]
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