June 2019

June 2019 - We Helped 30 People!

Helped with:

• Food Access: = 20

  • Ride to the food pantry

  • Ride to the grocery store/li>

  • SNAP / food stamp benefits

    • Initial application/initial interview/ sending required documents

    • Follow up JFS contact/reapplication/problem solving/lost card

    • Providing volunteer/work readiness opportunities; fulfilling JFS requirements = 2

• Education / Employment: = 7 people helped

• - Remove barriers to get: ID / birth certificate / social security document - College Enrolment - Find jobs / completing application / resume help - Ride to job interview / connection to resources for bus passes - Remove barriers / get ID = 2

• Housing: = 3 people helped

• - Resources for utility / deposit assistance - Help homeless look for housing / complete applications - Eviction/ eviction prevention

• New Allies = 5 people connected

• - Referred from another agency - Self-referred - At an outreach event
  

  Age demographics:

  18 - 24: 10

  25 - 54: 10

  >55: 2

  With kids: 8

  Right now I see a reoccurring need for:

  1. Hygiene items, toilet paper, feminine protection products

  2. Diapers (any sizes)

  3. Home cleaning supplies, laundry soap

  4. Pest control (traps or poison for mice, roaches or bed bugs)

  5. Space heaters

  6. Blankets, pillows and foam mats(or other easily transported alternatives to a mattress)

  7. Bus pass cards, gas cards

  8. Jobs!!! (I have 6 people that want and need to work.)

  9. Housing (Help paying a security deposit, apartments under $400 a month, help people to apply for subsidized housing)

  10. Vehicle donations

  11. Pledges to cover 1 or more months of car insurance