October 2021

This month we helped 32 people!!
That puts our yearly total at 312 so far!!

Employment / Education / Financial: 10

• Provided bus cards

• Assisted with job applications

• Taught entrepreneur skills, helped sell art items

Food Access: 8

• Rides to food pantry

• Emergency food delivery

Housing: 7

• Eviction prevention

• Assist with tenant / landlord communication

• Assistance gathering documents and applying for rent / utility assistance

• Information about shelters / rides to shelters / support through intake process

• Rental and affordable housing assistance

Medical: 3

• Insurance education

• Connect to medical supplies

Benefits: 1

• Provide mailing address

• Recertification call that took over 4 hours (extremely long hold times)

Other: 4

• Information and transportation for Christmas assistance

Updates:

• Employment was the most needed systems assistance and transportation was the most needed service

• 5 new contacts - 2 referrals, 1 outreach, 2 Google / website

• We lost an Ally last month - Javier Randolph was 16 years old when he lost his life to unintended gun violence. He was very loved and is very missed.