A homeless Encampment is a community of people living together in public on land that doesn’t belong to them. Each encampment has a culture: a time to do chores, a time to work, quiet time. Every encampment has an internally identified leader or leadership crew. Why live there? Safety and community. There is safety in […]
Read More The Homeless EncampmentIt is hard to advocate for yourself when you can’t think straight. It is hard to have positive interactions when you are in crisis. Make room for the trauma and make your moves.
Read More Brain, Trauma, and HomelessnessThis was posted on a Facebook group today. Before you read I suggest that you go get some popcorn and then a chair with a seatbelt because I don’t want you to fall to the floor with disbelief or laughter. the homeless situation. Anonymous post I speak from experience and can back up everything that […]
Read More Conspiracy by Carol WAnd every day Until the homeless crisis comes to an end. No, this isn’t a threat or a promise. It is a statistical truth. You are not helpless. Whatch’a gonna do about it?
Read More 3 People in Los Angeles will die todayIt is evening in Los Angeles and the sweltering day has melted into a cool night filled with mosquitos. 🦟 Not a single inch of skin is safe, covered or nude. The needle like faces of bugs Pierce clothing’s and they are happy to land in hait and take a stroll down your neck and […]
Read More 9:25 at nightMeans room mates and housemates. It isn’t prison. And it isn’t just for young kids fresh out of college. Sharing a living space can be a great social support system in addition to saving money by splitting the cost of housing. Behold: The Golden Girls (shhhhh I love them).
Read More Shared HousingWalmart will now let you grocery shop using your EBT card. Here is the TechCrunch article: https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/19/walmart-will-allow-ebt-customers-to-order-their-groceries-online/ Amazon Prime has a membership plan for EBT recipients. I am actively researching this now. The current plan is month to month at $5.99 per month
Read More You can use your EBT (foodstamp card) onlineYour a documentation is a form of trauma-informed care. If you tell their story in detail in writing then they don’t have to be tell it to everybody else who would have access to your notes. Reduce the number of times they have to relive their trauma. The story may change and may alter from […]
Read More Trauma Informed and NotesPer LA Family Housing.
Read More In 2019, 900 homeless have died. So far.If you are not Snow White, it is a pretty big challenge to share a home with 7 men. Ideally the home will have a lot of room so people do not feel like they’re living on top of one another. It should be comfortable enough to lend dignity to the residence but I’m comfortable […]
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