September 2018

September 2018 - We Helped 32 People!

Helped with:

• Food Access: = 21

  • Ride to the food pantry = 15

  • Ride to the grocery store = 3

  • Deliver Emergency Food = 3

  • SNAP / food stamp benefits = 5

    • Initial application/initial interview/ sending required documents = 2

    • Follow up JFS contact/reapplication/problem solving/lost card = 1

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

• Medical / Health /Dental / Behavioral Health: = 6

• - Veterans Services = 1
  - Medicaid / Insurance issues = 1
  - Find / Enroll with providers = 2
  - Remove barrier to services / OBAMA phone = 1

• Education / Employment: = 7

• - Veterans Services = 1
  - Removing Barriers school attendance uniforms/enrollment paperwork/bus passes = 3
  - Find jobs/ application / resume help = 2
  - Ride to job interview / connection to resources for bus passes = 3
  - Remove barriers / get ID / birth certificate / social security document = 2

• Housing: = 3

• - Resources for utility / Rent assistance = 2
  - Help homeless look for housing = 1
  - Energy Assistance/ Home Repair resources = 1

• Legal = 2

• - Ride / accompaniment to court /probation/other legal = 1
  - Resources info = 1
  - Help reapplying for benefits and reschedule doc appointments upon release from justice center = 1

  Age demographics:

  18 - 24: 5

  25 - 54: 7

  >55: 7

  With kids: 13

  Right now I see a reoccuring 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