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 […]
Read More PATH, Union Station and VOA awarded fundsI am updating my Resource page https://homelessinla.wordpress.com/updated-resources-in-process/ and want to know what services you could use all listed in one place.
Read More What resources do you need a guide to?I am frustrated today. “I can’t learn anything, I am pregnant!” “You won’t give me more money for my new baby?!?!” “I don’t see why I have to look for work if I have to take maternity leave in over half a year”. Here is my frustration – you are in CalWORKS because you […]
Read More Today’s desk sign.Because sometimes we are just “in between homes” and need a night or a week, or a month or so in a bed while we prepare to go to our next home. It sounds interesting, like a hotel but not as posh – just a place to come inside and rest while moving between homes […]
Read More The Hollywood DormsSign up! Raise money and walk to end homelessness. Or just come out for the booths and information fair. Every year at Exposition Park the United Way puts on a HomeWalk to create “Pathways out of Poverty” All of the movers and shakers in the movement to end homelessness and solve the epidemic of poverty […]
Read More HOME WALK 2010Look Mom, ( and @mWomack !) I am on the Internet! Last year I did the Home Walk with MAXIMUS Inc, where I work. I went to look at The United Way LA’s page today and found my daughter (in the scarf) and I (chubby girl with sign held in front of face – by […]
Read More United Way Home Walk : my 1/2 second of FameThe sign bearers are not just asking for one meal, one night of sleep, or one hand out – they are looking for momentary hope so they can face the bigger issues they are up against. They are asking for one bite sized morsel of HOPE. How often do you help by giving hope […]
Read More HopeOn September 13th the Los Angeles Unified School District will start the 2010 – 2011 School Year. At least one student in every school will be homeless. In some schools, it is more like 2 or more homeless students per grade. How can these kids – living in shelters, shuffling between family and friends – keep up with […]
Read More School on WheelsLast week the rate of Homeless Welfare parents who sat at my desk without earning a GED or High School Diploma was 80%. The number was easy to calculate: I only saw 20 clients and 16 of them came to CalWORKS without a High school Education. Of the 4 who had a GED/HS Diploma – one […]
Read More Education vs. Welfare – Please Set Your Priorities on Stun(800) 349-9970 Money that is mispent here is stolen from the needy. Examples:
Read More FRAUD! How to See it and Report it …
