Homeless is a “life style choice”

Re: Assembly Bill 2706 157,000 Californians are making a “Lifestyle Choice” by being Homeless . So says Republican Anthony Adams. No wonder they tried to recall him and he won’t run for re-election. Some of the men and women I have met at work ARE making a life style choice. they have family who would […]

Find Low Cost Dental services

Homeless or poor and need low cost Dental care? Look here for a provider near you!

Jobs working with the Homeless

I refer to it at the Street Luge of social Services – but it is rewarding and challenging and intense to the point that this job will change how you see family dynamics, local and world politics. Here are the links to my favorite Homeless service Providers and their current Employment Opportunities: Beyond Shelter Please send […]

homeless camps are “inhumane”?

Merced gives homeless campers 6 months to move into shelters or leave or be arrested.

Can you force me to be housed?

I am asked, regularly, if I am forcing homeless families to find housing, to seek shelter, to rent apartments. And, if they do not do these activities will they lose their cash aid or other entitlements. The answer is NO. I do give everyone a 90 day head start and every resource I know in […]

Health and Human Services & Homelessness

I read the page, but it doesn’t really say anything. http://www.hhs.gov/homeless/ I guess I was hoping for an initiative, specific resources, a standard plan to approach homelessness and a critique of how different agencies and states collect information and distribute assistance. ie, the page says “In order to develop strategies to effectively provide health and […]

HELP! She has a job, now what

She was homeless, she found a part-time job at K-Mart which will barely pay her rent if she tries really hard not to turn on a light or use too much hot water – but now what? Employment is NOT solving the problem that she is living on the knife’s edge of homelessness. I am […]

How to be the best Homeless Commisioner you can be

the New York Times collected letters of advice to the new Homeless Commissioner from the past office holders. Read their advice here: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/26/advice-for-the-homeless-commissioner/

Would you help?

Someone’s baby boy is running on the sidewalk and falls down He’s a human being; he needs help. Would you help or walk on by?

YOUTH who are homeless

Learn more at http://www.youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=6145 ” Facts 1.6 to 1.7 million people under 18 will experience homelessness each year. (That’s more than the population of Philadelphia.) 63% of runaway and homeless youth are never reported or sought after by guardians. 22 to 44% of their parents abuse drugs or alcohol, leading to domestic violence and conflicts. […]