PATH, Union Station and VOA awarded funds

Federal funds were released through the County Board of Supervisors on Aug 31, 2010 to these three agencies serving the homeless in LA. Union Station is based in Pasadena California, PATH has the PATH Mall and smaller satellite sites (PATH Achieve in Glendale being my favorite – however Joel John Roberts and Carlos Gonzalez in the […]

FRAUD! How to See it and Report it …

(800) 349-9970 Money that is mispent here is stolen from the needy. Examples:

LA County DPSS Stragic Plan

is online for all to read. http://dpss.lacounty.gov/dpss/strategic_plan/

Work for Welfare

Every thing you wanted to know about GAIN and how you already have work required for Welfare

Tips for EBT card use

Are the funds on your card? Where can you use your card for Food stamps and where can you spend the Cash Aid portion? LADPSS has a simple primer for knowing where and how to use your card. this is from their web page http://www.ladpss.org/dpss/ebt/ebt_terms.cfm EBT (Electronic Benefit Transfer) EBT is the way you will receive […]

$ Jobs for youth on CalWorks and Food Stamps

If your family is receiving CalWorks, Cash Aid or Food Stamps, your child may qualify for a summer job from Los Angeles County.

Free Teen Health care

at The Saban free Clinic. If you are 12 or over, no parent permission is needed. http://lateenhealth.org/

Child Support – everything you could ask

LA County Child Support has a FAQ page : http://cssd.lacounty.gov/faq.htm#esc7 Application for a Child Support case :http://cssd.lacounty.gov/forms/css2101.pdf California’s Child Support Information Page :http://www.childsup.ca.gov/ Paternity FAQ: http://www.childsup.ca.gov/Resources/EstablishPaternity/EstablishingPaternityFAQs/tabid/253/Default.aspx Random thought to chew on : even if it is determined that you are not the father, CA Courts can force you to continue to pay child support if it […]

FREE with EBT

Locations (museums and parks) you can show your EBT card and enter for free: 1. African American Fire Fighters Museum 2. Arboretum of Los Angeles County 3. Autry National Center 4. Cabrillo Marine Aquarium 5. California African American Museum 6. California Heritage Museum 7. California Science Center 8. Craft and Folk Art Museum 9. Descanso Gardens […]

EBT Card / Foodstamps for fast food?

In Los Angeles County: Yes! Here is a Link to all the places you can use your Golden State Advantage Card. and the FAQ’s from the County of Los Angeles’s benefits page: Participant Questions 1. What can the Restaurant Meals do for me? The Restaurant Meals Program allows homeless, elderly (age 60 or […]