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Shelters for Homeless Pregnant women

Today’s PREGNANT theme is brought to you by @helpamotherout and my dear friend who told me today that she is pregnant. I have Baby-Mamma on the brain!

Toby’s House for pregnant women in crisis

“Toby’s House is a maternity shelter for homeless, pregnant women and their children under the age of five years old.” near San Diego California. Clients and their children (Under the age of 5) may stay for the first 30 days free while they look for work or enroll in school. Life skills classes such as […]

I dare you

Because NO DONATION IS TOO SMALL TO MAKE A CHANGE… empty your pockets, car ashtray, desk drawer and collect all of the change – then DONATE it to the outreach agency nearest you. Put it in an envelope and write “Make my change make a change” . I dare you to do this and drop […]

Can mothers who are Homeless find success

From my perspective, mothers need BOTH a stable place to feel secure in their physical environment and security in their emotional environment to feel successful. The same can be said of everyone, actually. Poor single mothers who had experienced an episode of homelessness and had symptoms of depression, but had a work history of […]

Rent for your Homeless Shelter

Should you pay for shelter? Where would the money come from, where does it go, how is it spent and is it far? In New York the plan is to charge rent for shelter residents. The Huffington Post has an article from Covenant House touting their approach to rent and why it is character building. […]

www.preblestreet.org

Check out Portland Maine’s “Preble Street” and the new Women’s Housing it is opening this month for 40 previously homeless women who will have apartments, semi private bedrooms and a quiet shelter space , this is a HUGE change from sleeping on cots in the corner of large shelter rooms. The Portland Press Herald has […]

Why homeless mothers seem manipulative

A response to “How do you fix families (that drive you nuts)”

aarrggh – what it’s really like to be a Social Worker

Don’t pick this job. Do something easy, like rocket science. You know, where there are absolutes and the figures always add up. Do something where if you mess it up, only seven people die at a time. Being homeless is hell. People die of starvation and exposure every day. It is a big gaping pit […]

Donation

We donated suit coats, pants, and work shirts to a shelter in Glendale. My hope is that the men will be able to use the clothing when applying for employment and housing.