But everyone knew he was not the father. He paid the support, and continued paying until he lost his job and became homeless. No one advocated for him even though it was clear that he was not the child’s father. And, it does not appear that anyone went looking for the biological father. Seriously? Of all […]
Read More Homeless man jailed for Child SupportI read the page, but it doesn’t really say anything. http://www.hhs.gov/homeless/ I guess I was hoping for an initiative, specific resources, a standard plan to approach homelessness and a critique of how different agencies and states collect information and distribute assistance. ie, the page says “In order to develop strategies to effectively provide health and […]
Read More Health and Human Services & HomelessnessLA 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 […]
Read More Child Support – everything you could askRead the LA County GAIN Homeless Policy. It is posted on the public internet. http://www.ladpss.org/dpss/gain/handbook/pdf/Chapter1900.pdf
Read More GAIN Homeless PolicyRead the article by Jam Donaldson – it is well written, and THEN read the comments http://www.bvblackspin.com/2010/02/19/fast-food-and-food-stamps/ . It is definitely food for thought.
Read More Foodstamps & fast food – read the commentsThis little guy was as good as gold.
Read More I love little boysthe A.P. ran an article by PERVAIZ SHALLWANI on how three successful restraunt owners would plan meals on less than $70 a week for a family of four. Read the entire article here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36507576/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/ I am posting some of the best bits of advice. Jose Garces suggests that budget shoppers start in the grocer’s ethnic aisle, where […]
Read More Meals on a Food Stamp BudgetFrom my perspective, mothers need BOTH a stable place to feel secure in their physical environment and security in their emotional environment to feel successful. The same can be said of everyone, actually. Poor single mothers who had experienced an episode of homelessness and had symptoms of depression, but had a work history of […]
Read More Can mothers who are Homeless find successShe was homeless, she found a part-time job at K-Mart which will barely pay her rent if she tries really hard not to turn on a light or use too much hot water – but now what? Employment is NOT solving the problem that she is living on the knife’s edge of homelessness. I am […]
Read More HELP! She has a job, now whatthe New York Times collected letters of advice to the new Homeless Commissioner from the past office holders. Read their advice here: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/26/advice-for-the-homeless-commissioner/
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