Study evaluates the effectiveness of GAIN

This the program I work in, and since you have questions … read the report and evaluation The Los Angeles Jobs-First GAIN Evaluation Final Report on a Work First Program in a Major Urban Center Stephen Freedman, Jean Tansey Knab, Lisa A. Gennetian, David Navarro

Food vendors

Outside North Hollywood High you can buy sodas, cookies, tacos etc. My daughter says that instead of drug dealers they have Food Dealers and low income students depend on them so for $1 they cam eat dinner because there often isn’t food at home

Free Tax Prep

Los Angeles Event offers FREE Tax Prep

Home walk final tally

http://www.homewalkla.kintera.org/faf/search/searchTeam.asp?ievent=306221&lis=1&kntae306221=90DEA8BB2AA444B38A41F796E76F1CDD

Transitional Employment via DPSS

Official Fact Sheet on program to employ low income folks at $10 an hour

The 60 month time limit

Welfare reform in 1996-1997 made welfare a time limited activity. There is no more Lifelong Welfare. Ideally a family will not need Cash Aid for 5 years, which is the life time limit. You can use 3 years here, 4 months there, and on and on until the full 60 months is hit, or […]

Early Homeless Prevention Strategies

Tell me how you would prevent homelessness

Socks

I stare at feet – alot. My feet are a constant topic of conversation and always cold, so of course I enjoy socks. I have about six pairs of socks shoved in my desk drawer at work, 2 pairs in my car and uncountable masses of mis-matched socks in my apartment. I don’t care, I […]

New York Homeless Housing program broken

New York Work Advantage program is housing families in homes that are in foreclosure, apartments with mold, mice and no hot water. the Daily News has more information The Advantage program sounds wonderful. It is not tied in to the welfare system and offers life skills, budgeting and legal services. The problem is that while […]