Ummmm, not on the list

#2020LACountyHIConference , I registered but I’m “not on the list” so I’ve been told to wait in the lobby while everyone has breakfast. I am hoping that the poor planning of this LA County conference isn’t indicative of why we have a homeless crisis.

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Mothering While Social Working

I. An Army of One (sorry US armed forces), but it feels right to say that. As a single mom, I’m the transportation and coordinating and some carer for a third grader. Being the more responsible part of her life givers (read, parents) this means she is on better hands with me than her father […]

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Defining Homelessness

Homeless  Unsheltered Living in public or private spaces without permission: Tents, cars, RVs, under bridges, etc. Plan – Connect to C.E.S. for Homeless Case Management. Call 211 for the local service provider. – Connect Pt to Medi-Cal – Consider Dept of Mental Health Eval – Connect to Dept of Social Services – Connect to Treatment […]

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This blog is 14 years old

I can’t celebrate this. My hope was that by now it would be a memoir of a crisis conquered and ended. 14 years ago, in a birthday trip to Vegas with Bonnie and Isabel, I started a blog. It started in Blogger and eventually was migrated to WordPress. I man I was dating suggested I […]

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Defining Homelessness

Surprise! Homelessness is a complicated issue, right down to who is homeless and what type of homeless situation they are experiencing. Unsheltered, Emergency Sheltered, Conditionally Sheltered, Unhappily/inappropriately housed… Here is a short explanation of each.    

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and not a pot to pee in

It happened to me this weekend. I was driving down the street when my stomach suddenly cramped. I looked down and saw the 32 ounces of Diet Coke were gone from my McDonalds’s cup and knew, just knew that I was about to have a bathroom emergency. I needed the loo, and badly. I shifted […]

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