Healing and remembering

Sonya’s desk Survival Kit

Diet Coke, Coffee, toothpaste and the number to "211" the county information number. What I really need is the ability and desire to develop a nice drinking problem or something so I don’t have to be sober when I tell families "you won’t find a shelter, there is nowhere you can go." All the shelters […]

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We are the fortunate ones

Labor day , labor unions

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MEND’S ANNUAL “HEAD TO TOES” EVENT PROVIDES MORE THAN 200 THIRD GRADE STUDENTS WITH BACK-TO-SCHOOL ESSENTIALS

♥♥♥♥ @MENDPoverty ! This is how they meet the needs of local school kids! Students from Pacoima’s Vaughn Next Century Learning Center Receive Donated Dental and Vision Screenings, New Backpacks with School Supplies and New Shoes (Pacoima, CA) – MEND—Meet Each Need with Dignity, the San Fernando Valley’s largest poverty relief organization, will host its […]

Civil Rights

Know yours! They relate to your ability to access services in your chosen language and to be treated fairly.

Darlene is my favorite artist

She lives on Skid Row and paints about the place – but with an apparentl love for the people there.

L.A. County to focus funds on chronically homeless

When I was at @lamp_community, I saw the chronically homeless are the most expensive portion of the population. I spent a year tracking the calls to 911, and the calls to the PET team, unexpected trips to the E.R., and visits to Downtown Mental Health. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-homeless-money-20120816,0,7793080.story

http://singlemotherguide.com/motherhood/

http://singlemotherguide.com/motherhood/ thanks for the mention

Did you know?

Of those people seeking emergency food relief, more than one-third (36%) had to choose between buying food or paying for housing. Shaken baby syndrome is responsible for about 1,500 infant deaths a year nationwide. Men are responsible for 80 percent of shaken baby syndrome cases. The number of assaults against the homeless is rising. In […]