How to apply for Medi-Cal

This is the link to instructions for applying for medicaid health insurance http://m.wikihow.com/Apply-for-Medi-Cal

Mic: 6 Myths and 1 Truth About Homelessness in the United States

@walmart and foodstamps employees

On my Facebook feed I noticed @msnbc is doing a poll about @Walmart and foodstamps. How will you vote? @maddow

The Drama Drop Show

I am a social worker and not a therapist ; but some people never understand that. Apparently those same people have a strick office trip schedule: I call them Kamikaze Fridays and they are not good times to visit me at work. Kamikaze Fridays often result in 5150 (Psychiatric) visits from the local police, or […]

The Joy of Bathing

Setting: sidewalk at the corner of Stafford and 7th Los Angeles 90021. A large man with a forhead flattened like a Rottweiler attacked by a skillet sits overflowing a folding metal chair. I am standing behind him holding office scissors and chopping away at his long greasy hair with islands of dried scalp sliding down […]

Homeless People , should we beat them up?

Apparently this is less a question and more an agenda item for some people. Bum Fights, police brutality ( http://ktla.com/2013/08/15/homeless-couple-shot-by-deputies-awarded-4-1-million-2/#axzz2c8VHLcY9 l ) and the almost daily lyrics news that another poor person has been hit with a car, smacked with a bat or injured just for being available and unprotected. The general emotional feeling is […]

Character is who you are in the dark

As a child, I loved Show and Tell and the way it told me who my friends were when we were apart from each other. I learned Mike Detola loved law enforcement and making siren sounds, that Jeff Hoover drew dragons, and Jennifer Balmot danced. Even now, I am thrilled to find out something I […]

STAMP OUT HUNGER

Are you taking part in the Letter Carriers Food Drive May 10th? Place nonperishable (foods that don’t need to be kept cold) in bags at your mailbox on May 10th. The Food can be sorted at local Post Offices and Food Banks. You will find me @MENDpoverty. WE NEED AN ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS! @MENDpoverty from […]

My Dream is to study homelessness on a global level

My dream is to combine what I have with what I like and spend a few months traveling the world comparing and contrasting poverty and homelessness in America to other countries. I like people ( in general, there are some individuals I do not enjoy at all) and I like to travel, and I am […]

Behavior-Chart

I am designing a behavior chart for my youngest daughter. She is very hard headed and has a hard time following directions and is goal oriented ; if the goal is designed by her. There is a great deal of laughter and finger pointing in my general direction that accompanies a storm of “Who could […]