Great Moms Are Mean

“I know ow you gave me the paper in July, but when I didn’t return it to you… uh … I expected you would notice and send me another form. I kept waiting for you to call and tell me how you were going to fix the problem.” The problem is that clearly this beautiful, […]

I am speaking at LA Valley College tomorrow

Success with CalWORKS on Oct 17 2014 por.pdf

Amish Romance Novels have Colored My Case Management

I graduated from The University of La Verne, which used to be Lordsburg ; historically a Brethren institution. Brethren, Quaker, Amish. Simple and sweet and somewhat similar. Graduation was over a decade ago and I have lost sight of some of the tenants. Fortunately I’ve been listening to the Overdrive application on my phone and […]

Where is she? Has Sonya gone missing? Update

I have not been missing, I have only not had time for blogging. Real life is a 24/7 kind of thing and my youngest daughter is in every minute when I am not at work, and of course work takes up all of my time between 8 am and 5 pm 5 days a week. […]

Rachel Maddow: Republican Senate hopeful equated welfare and ‘reparations’

Republican Senate hopeful equated welfare and ‘reparations’: http://on.msnbc.com/1ETpROu

Poverty The Strongest Factor In Whether High School Graduates Go To College

Article: http://huff.to/1sK7C9A

Benefits vs. Assistance

I haven’t quit my job because it has awesome benefits. I did not have children specifically to receive cash and food and medical care. No one does. Or at least, no one who can do 2nd grade math would think cash aid is enough to live one, especially not with a child. There is a […]

Poor often means uneducated

Can u get an Amen on Community Colleges being unequal

Unless you have a connection like a CAl Works office or other program keeping you focused and prioritizing tour class enrollment – Community College can be a wasteland. My own brother has been sacked into the vortex of credits for over 10 years now. Read this article and re watch the video http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5942484?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000047&ir=Black+Voices

CalWORKs for pregnant women

Cash aid is available for women who are in the 4th month of pregnancy Legislative Victory! New Law Will Help Facilitate Financial Independence for Pregnant Women In a hugely positive development for pregnant women – especially victims of domestic violence – on September 26, 2014 Governor Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 1579, known as […]