Working poor

Even when you work, you’re poor. Here is an article by PATH http://www.povertyinsights.org/2014/04/01/is-working-poor-an-oxymoron/

Social work meme

Dear parents, you are being lied to.

Originally posted on Violent metaphors:
In light of recent outbreaks of measles and other vaccine preventable illnesses, and the refusal of anti-vaccination advocates to acknowledge the problem, I thought it was past time for this post. Dear parents, You are being lied to. The people who claim to be acting in the best interests of…

I want this

Why I can’t quit

Work recently caused me to become ill. My caseload is 3 times the size of anyone else’s and it was killing me…literally. but Monday I returned after a 5 week absence because : HOMELESSNESS. It still happens and I see it everywhere.

On Some Sh*t

On @onsomeshit using homeless people as props. Thank you @hiddenlosanges. ..I am reading Facebook comments and really wondering how rude and insensitive others are . #lame.

If we had more mental health provisions, the incarceration and homeless rates would drop

Well, duh. http://www.reportingonhealth.org/2014/02/19/high-rates-homelessness-and-incarceration-tied-limited-mental-health-care?utm_content=buffer6337a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

The GAINful volunteer

As a @mendpoverty volunteer : this made me happy. http://mendpoverty.org/2014/a-gainful-volunteer-experience/

394

I miss guilt free lunches and taking afternoon breaks. 394. This is the size of my caseload . Why do I work here?

Cooking on a Spoon

Drugs. I don’t often talk about them. They ruined my life before I was born, colored my early childhood and rent my adoptive family like old lace In a room full of angry cats. In my adult life I have held a hard core No Tolerance policy.: ended romances and killed off friendships with users […]