Missing child update

2:30 am I received a voice mail and instructions about how to contact them and drop off the presents. Yay! My car will be a car again and not a sleigh full of toys! So, since I am doing this as a volunteer but am also a Mandated reporter: do I drop off the gifts […]

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One Depressing day

I started writing this last night but I was too depressed to finish it. Yesterday was Homeless Memorial Day, and frankly it sucked like a vacuum on a late night infomercial. But then every-time it got untenable something wonderful happened. It brought home the realization that even if Congress does pass a health care bill, […]

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DCFS Linkages

Homeless families who are on CalWORKS and in the DCFS (children and family services) are now able to have their services coordinated. If the DCFS worker screens a Family Maintenance family for CalWORKS and sees a possible eligibility – the supportive services can be provided by and paid by GAIN. In English, this means that […]

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