Give me your leads and suggestions

I need to update my resource list. Clothing places like Deseret Industries, Society of St. Vincent de Paul … Employment and child care : Boyle Heights Family source, Worksource, Homeboy Indistries… Food Clothing Shelter Low income housing Job training Employment placement Therapies Remedial Education Financial Literacy

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The Ugly Heartbreak

Of the true face of homelessness. She was quivering and holding so tightly to the chair that her fingers lost color. Her eyes couldn’t meet mine and tears leaked out of them. This poor mother has a second grade education and mental illness so profound I think she barely heard me over the voices in […]

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Dirty Work

Wash your hands. Just, please, wash them. Also – note the nearest restroom to the office you just walked out of. I just came out of the ladies room and saw someone with signed papers in her mouth while she washed her hands. based on the location and smell – I assume she wasn’t just […]

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Not enough coffee for a Monday

7-Eleven is my Starbucks for the poor and no, this is not enough coffee. 15% of my work is out for review and I just realized Memorial day is 10 business days away. Ahhhhh… the pressures. Oh, and the absolutely homeless people who have come to me as a last resort and I don’t have […]

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How to MEND poverty

I want to write a children’s book about being poor and homeless. It has been rattling around for my brain for a while now. The real story happen soon every day at Meet Each Need with Dignity in Pacoima. For folks who can’t afford it : medical, dental, vision, clinics, medical specialist for Diabetes and […]

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New Recourse – Probably not new – but I just found it today – Nikkei Helpline

Hotlines Nikkei Helpline – 800.645.5341 The Nikkei Helpline is the first crisis hotline for the Japanese American community. Over 40,000 people have called the Nikkei Helpline since its inception in 1984, getting help with everything from immigration, education, and traffic accidents to illness, drug abuse, relationship crises and other emergencies. NHL serves both English and […]

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