Category: homeless

Facilitator of Hope

Richard was a job title change You can find him in the El Monte GAIN office. His job title is spawned from what a client once called him.   If you could create your own job title: what would it be?

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What’s your hurry?

A social worker’s rant. Imagine this possible scenario : I have a client who is 7 months pregnant and has a 1 year old child and will be homeless in two days. She owns exactly 2 pairs of pants (one cut off into shorts) and 2 t-shirts. I have called LAHSA and left a message […]

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limo liberal

I give money to the African Children on television, but if a real homeless person slept on my doorstep? I’d call the police and have them arrested. -over heard as a quote. It sounds about right when I think of the politics of homelessness.

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Domestic Violence and the Zero

Women with household incomes less than $7,500 are 7 times as likely as women with household incomes over $75,000 to experience domestic violence. That’s one powerful zero. In my experience, homeless women are far more likely to have $7,500 or less than they are to having even $17,000. They can’t afford housing anywhere other than […]

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