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here she was coming off the elevator and I looked her in the eyes and said to her, I wish I were the one who would deliver your baby. She looked surprised and said, no thankyou I will go to the hospital. I said to her there is nothing more precious then the birth of a baby and your baby will be a perfect child. She smiled and said, papa Sean it will be here soon.
1. Americans are loaded with credit-card debt. The average American household with at least one credit card has nearly $9,000 in credit card debt, according to CardWeb.com, and the average interest rate runs in the mid- to high teens at any given time. 2. Some debt is good. Borrowing for a home or college usually makes good sense. Just make sure you don't borrow more than you can afford to pay back, and shop around for the best rates. (Continued on page 4)
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Times are the most difficult for an expectant mom who is living in a shelter. Right after birth the State does all it can do to not allow the mother to have the baby and this is what happened to Shalonda. One day after the birth, Protective Services showed up and told her she couldn’t keep her baby. Although their intentions were done out of concern, I still could not sit back and let this happen. We fought and fought to make sure this new mother who did demonstrate that she could handle a baby at a shelter could indeed walk out of the hospital with her little one. Finally the state allowed her to keep the baby. Ok mom picture yourself right now in the same situation. How would you feel? Picture yourself in the hospital
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lost my Father to a Seizure in our Pool. In his generation, he chose to keep his Epilepsy a secret – for fear of being discriminated against. Due to his Seizures he was discharged from the Air Force during The Vietnam War and lost several jobs after that. Unfortunately, he let this “disability” effect how he felt about himself. My Father did not always take his medication, and finally, he went swimming alone. I did not find out about my Father’s Epilepsy until he was in a coma and dying. My only anger about his death was that I loved him So Much and he did not let me Love ALL of Him. He did not let me know him. I am 34 and also Epileptic. I am not ashamed. I know I am human and I have limitations. I don’t let myself get too tired or too hungry. I try not to get too stressed-out either (if at all possible!) I take my medication. I let everyone know (who needs to know) about my health problems. The medication I take has a 95%
claim it in the name of poverty and and your little one was just some claim it in the name of protectborn and then the State comes in out ing the baby. Has anyof nowhere and body in this state come says, you can’t take the baby Right after birth the up with a plan that home because state does all it can would make sure this does not happen? you live in a shelter. Mom, do to not allow the What defines a bad mother? A mom who right now you’re mother to have the is poor and has no roof back to the moover their head? Is ment of having baby and this is every case of child your baby and then some what happened to neglect really child neglect or has society stranger just Shalonda. neglected the mother comes in and and not allowed her to takes your newhave access to good born. Go ahead services, which would allow the look at your current child and picture mother to thrive. Even I have called them not there with you right now. Protective Services on moms to proAll because of poverty...not very fair tect the children but this case seemed is it? In times like today this is a different; this mom demonstrated very common occurrence and it hapeverything that was needed to propens almost every day in America to (Continued on page 7) a mother who is homeless. Some
chance of hurting any baby I want to have – so I don’t get pregnant. Remember the saying, “The Truth Will Set You Free???” Well, I would rather embrace the truth (___tty as it may be) and live accordingly – than live in fear – always running from others and myself. Good News Though! Self-Love is commonly a lifelong process. -Florence Karp Comments of the Homeless Voice n any given day we have at least two seizures here at our shelter. Some of us here probably know the emergency procedure better than EMS. Now with so many seizures, would you now be able to guess how many of our clients can’t find a job that will allow them to work with them having a condition of seizures? Well, a whole bunch of our clients cannot get a job because they have seizures. In fact their seizures are more frequent because of the lack of medication because
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Here are The Facts: 1) Of 2,381 reported drowning deaths (in Florida, between 1992-97) 58 (or 2.4%) were reported to be Seizure-Related. 2) The highest number of Seizure-Related drowning fatalities were in adults ranging between 25-34 years old. Also … The Epilepsy Foundation encourages people with Epilepsy to engage in sports and recreational activities as part of a positive approach to an active life. Here are some precautions recommended when you are swimming or practicing other water sports: 1) Review your Seizure Control to determine whether water sports are appropriate at this time. 2) Do not swim alone. Always swim when a Lifeguard or Experienced Swimming Buddy is near. 3) Life Jackets are recommended (especially) when you are swimming in water that is not as clear as a Swimming Pool. 4) Do not get Over-Tired or Too Cold in the water. KNOW YOUR BODY. 5) Don’t let your Seizure Meds. get Wet – many are known to lose their effect when exposed to Water. 6) If Flashing Lights bring on your Seizures – wear Appropriate Eye Gear to Reduce the effect of Light Reflected on Surfaces.
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the Internet. So when you buy items and place he Homeless Voice is now ready to them into your Internet shopping cart you will launch www.homelessvoicemall.com; help allow a homeless person not live out of their this is the place where you can do all shopping cart. This exchange of shopping carts your shopping. This is also the place will be our theme or what some people may call a that gives the Homeless Voice commission on slogan. So don’t forget to visit our mall where it every item you purchase. If you are using the takes no driving time, where our mall is open 24 Internet to make your flight arrangements or even hours, no need to fill up your gas your hotel reservation, first go tank, no need to drive in and out of to: www.homelessvoicemall.com “You all have been the parking lot looking for a place to park. A mall that has real secuand go to one of the airlines or real good to the rity so you don’t get mugged and special Internet sites that offer low airfares. If you need to Homeless Voice and where your car won’t be stolen. have unlimited long distance we want to thank you You won’t have simply to go to: pay your www.homelessvoicemall.com from the bottom of tobabysitter while and buy your telephone service. shopping at our Our agency has never our hearts.” mall. All this taken governmental money; we while paying less for your have always created little businesses that the comgoods or services and at the munity needs and then we take the profits and same time putting a roof over place them back in to the shelter system. When the heads of a homeless family you combine all your working expenses to help or someone who is too disrun other businesses it ends up lowering your cost abled to work. to do business. When you have no shareholders to You all have been real please and the business is low cost to operate it is good to the Homeless Voice a smart business plan. and we want to thank you from It is our goal to market our Homeless the bottom of our hearts. We Voice Mall to everyone, everywhere so everyone would like for you all to concan buy off the mall and then we get a percentage tact your friends worldwide of the Internet shopping cart. When I first saw the and email them our site icon on the Internet “shopping cart” I was a little www.homelessvoicemall.com. confused, how about you? Now I know that the shopping cart is for all the items you purchased on Tell them the same thing, tell
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3. Some debt is bad. Don't use a credit card to pay for things you consume quickly, such as meals and vacations, if you can't afford to pay off your monthly bill in full in a month or two. There's no faster way to fall into debt. Instead, put aside some cash each month for these items so you can pay the bill in full. If there's something you really want but it's expensive, save for it over a period of weeks or months before charging it so that you can pay the balance when it's due and avoid interest charges. 4. Get a handle on your spending. Most people spend thousands of dollars without much thought to what they're buying. Write down everything you spend for a month, cut back on things you don't need, and start saving the money left over or use it to reduce your debt more quickly. 5. Pay off your highest-rate debts first. The key to getting out of debt efficiently is to first pay down the balances of loans or credit cards that charge the most interest, while paying at least the minimum due on all your other debt. Once the highinterest debt is paid down, tackle the next highest, and so on. 6. Don't fall into the minimum trap. If you just pay the minimum due on credit-card bills, you'll barely cover the interest you owe, to say nothing of the principal. It will take you years to pay off your balance and potentially you'll end up spending thousands of dollars more than the origi-
nal amount you charged. 7. Watch where you borrow. It may be convenient to borrow against your home or your 401(k) to pay off debt, but it can be dangerous. You could lose your home, or fall short of your investing goals at retirement. 8. Expect the unexpected. Build a cash cushion worth three months to six months of living expenses in case of an emergency. If you don't have an emergency fund, a broken furnace or damaged car can seriously upset your finances. 9. Don't be so quick to pay down your mortgage. Don't pour all your cash into paying off a mortgage if you have other debt. Mortgages tend to have lower interest rates than other debt, and you may deduct the interest you pay on the first $1 million of a mortgage loan. (If your mortgage has a high rate and you want to lower your monthly payments, consider refinancing.) 10. Get help as soon as you need it. If you have more debt than you can manage, get help before your debt breaks your back. There are reputable debt counseling agencies that may be able to consolidate your debt and assist you in better managing your finances. But there are also a lot of disreputable agencies out there.
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The COSAC Foundation has recently upgraded their homeless assistance services to include an in-depth life management skills class. Crossonie’s Learning Center will instruct homeless individuals on many issues that cause or affect homelessness. The areas of study will include S.T.D. prevention, drug education and relapse prevention, budgeting and banking, anger management, nutrition and dieting, and coping skills. These tools will help our homeless clients rehabilitate so they can again function properly in everyday society. Upon completion of the 17-class repertoire, Crossonie’s Life Management Skills booklet, and Crossonie’s Life Management Skills video, students will
Understanding that it is not enough to just feed and house people, The COSAC Foundation proudly implements this new initiative.
receive a certificate of accomplishment from Crossonie’s Learning Center. Understanding that it is not enough to just feed and house people, The COSAC Foundation proudly implements this new initiative. “For every class they take they get a feather and for every feather they can put in their hat they get closer to self-sufficiency,” said Sean Cononie, Director of the COSAC Foundation.
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hy is it that some consider helping the homeless to be equivalent to that of being conned into a sales pitch? When I first discovered my passion for offering help to the homeless, I'd been loud and vocal. I was eager to express my ambition in assisting people left in unfortunate circumstances, such as that of no longer being provided shelter and suitable living conditions. I was naive in believing that many others must feel the same. Then again, I was only 16 at the time. What I didn't prepare myself for though, was the almost frightening lack of compassion most of, not only my peers, but elders, seemed to express. Most of which, still do. What I found disturbing most was the remarks that revolve around those of us who do choose to support our homeless citizens. I repeatedly find myself being subjected to responses such as: “There is no excuse for being homeless, I don't BUY THAT!” This seems to be the common reaction from a large percentage of our homeless crit-
ics. My question, in return, is A n d , exactly when was it established y o u that a purchase is what it is being should made? And, what, exactly, is it c o n sider yourself naive if you bethat is being SOLD? Perhaps it is the scenario lieve that everybody does in fact of a single mother left stranded, have another form of outside supwith 2-3 children. With the daily port. Perhaps this is the sales pitch? needs and nurture of her chil- I repeatedly find myThe scenardren, including ios are endself being subjected less. required day-today supervision, to responses such Families with single mothit creates an almost guaran- as: "There is no ex- ers, the eldteed situation cuse for being home- erly, domestic violence vicfor poverty. less, I don't BUY tims (who've And, it is no been dissecret that povTHAT!" placed), diserty leads to abled persons, homelessness. the mentally ill... the list goes So, is this the sales pitch? Or how about when an on. Examples of situations that innocent child is born with birth all of which are very real, and defects? So extreme, in fact, that very common. How many of us are he or she is to be considered disabled and forced to depend on aware that approximately three SSI/Disability for the remainder million Americans are said to be of his or her life. Keep in mind, homeless this year? The surge of in many cases SSI/Disability isn't homeless people each year only nearly enough to support the continues to increase. And, another largely concosts of living, without some tributing factor, reother form of outside support.
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institutionalization, only complicates the issue further. Mentally ill who are discharged to nursing homes, hotels, single-room dwellings, and low-income housing typically end up homeless. More over, decreased funding for low-income housing and decreased federal aid to disabled persons increases the problem. Yet, sadly, the belief that homelessness is simply a marketing technique still continues to over shadow the disturbing reality of what really it is that precedes homelessness in the first place. Things like unemployment, public assistance cuts, and increased domestic violence...all of which largely contribute to homelessness...continue to be overlooked, deemed invalid, and go unnoticed. Meanwhile, so many of our citizens continue to pre-judge the homeless, in the inexcusably ignorant fashion that they always have. While, it need not be noted that everybody is entitled to their own opinion, what should be the main focus of many is the larger picture, and not the small details surrounding. The larger picture being that we can help each other in surviving. So, forget about the sales pitch. Nobody is asking you to buy anything, because the gift is happiness--and nobody can put a price on that. Nicole.
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hy is it so easy for us to look at one's life and pass judgment? Why do we as people assume or speculate some people are in dilemmas just for the sake of it? There are several reason why I ask this question. I encountered a young man I know and we where having a conversation about an acquaintance of ours or should I say a cousin of mine. This relative of mine had gotten himself into a predicament that was unbearable. So I began to share with the young man what has happened to Jack, and immediately he began to ridicule and insult Jack, making disturbing
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comments and insane remarks towards him. As he spoke I began to examine Jack’s life in silence. We all have made mistakes at some point and time in our lives knowingly and unknowingly, not knowing or caring what the consequences could be. We took that risk and made our decision on limited informatio n, not realizing our lives would take a turn for the worst. I’m not here to make excuses for one's faults, but we as people need to be very careful when passing judgment on someone , especially when we know nothing about the person or their situation. So, I must ask this
Why is it so easy for us to look at someone's life and pass judgment?
question again. Why is it so easy for us to look at someone's life and pass judgment? Perhaps it makes us feel worthy about ourselves or do we think we are not as tainted as some people or maybe it is easy to look at those less fortunate than us and boast our own egotism. I had the opportunity of visiting First Baptist Church in Ft. Lauderdale, where they have a homeless outreach ministry facilitated by Ms. Judy and Mr. Jim and a host of volunteers. They provided me with a brochure of the ministry, and I must tell you I was shocked they really do reach out to the people and assist the best way possible. One thing that really got my attention is that on Wednesdays they pro-
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vide Bible study. I took the privilege of joining them; it gave me a chance to interact with the people and to get a feel for the people. I met a lot of intelligent and bright individuals. The individuals I spoke with are not delighted about their circumstances. So we as people have to very careful and cautious when we see people in a dilemma not to be so judgmental, it could very well be you some day. Barbara Darby barbaradarby@bellsouth.net
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vide for this child. So why this mom and what conditions were not good enough for her to keep her baby at a shelter? Lets stop and go back to define what good conditions mean for a newborn. Lets all go back to our days of childhood when we were taught how Jesus came into this world. Mom Mary and Dad Joseph had no heat but they did have animals around their baby Jesus to keep His little body warm. They did not have a lot of money. Because they could not buy their way into an inn they were placed in the stable behind the inn. Their mode of transportation was not of today’s world and the only things Mom Mary and Dad Joseph could say is that they had faith in God above. Now if a mom looked a Protective Service worker in the face and said everything will be all right because I have faith in God, would that faith be enough for the mom to keep the baby? We all
know what the answer is. Not a chance in the world. When did we all give up on God? I don’t know how we the people can protect moms who are poor because when you come right down to it, there are hardly any services out there for these poverty families. It takes an act of God to get them a bed in a family unit. We all are so eager to make sure the little ones have a roof over their heads, but we service providers, including this service provider, we sometimes need to be more understanding when it comes to moms and dads who may not have the ability to care for a little one. Should we jump to the telephone and call the state or should we get off our high horse and say, “No mom this is the way you do this, No mom your baby has to be fed this way.” Yes we have to protect the baby but I have this hidden feeling that God above will allow each and every mom the chance to be a good parent. We need to provide more
than a place for them to stay, we need to make sure they have these services prior to the baby coming out. What a ridiculous world we live in. If you call protective services and tell them there is a mother out there who is pregnant living on the streets their answer is, it does not matter until the baby is born. Maybe if it did matter, mom would be ready and able to care for her offspring a little bit better then having no services while she is expecting. In fact it would be a lot cheaper for the State to offer these services and mandate them if their will be future plans to remove the child at birth. Shalonda may God give you the faith to provide for your child, may you have faith in God to provide stable housing for your little one. May God send down his angels to help you. May you buy a winning lotto ticket so you can get out of this mess. It’s hard enough for an individual to fully recover from homelessness let alone a single mom
William Henry Witherspoon with a newborn. -Sean Cononie Homeless Voice of S. Florida scononie@homelessvoice.org
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e all know that the Homeless Voice always tries to come up with ways to earn extra money for our shelter system. As you know the cities are trying to kill us. So we have developed several on-line malls. This is where you shop and the profits from your purchases go directly to the Homeless Voice. You can visit www.homelessvoicemall.com or if you remember the famous words WATKINS the trademark that has been around for over 100 years. This is the company that sold our ancestors drugs and important food to keep our families healthy. Once a week a WATKINS horse and buggy sales person would pull his product to main stream USA and let you buy from him. 100 years later you simply can go to www.watkinsonline.com/cosacfoundation. Buy your Aloe, your shampoo, even your older types of spices and medications. We will win, tell your friends, tell your churches and we will survive. Thanks for all you do. Mark Targett voiceus@aol.com Homeless Voice of New Jersey I promise the next issue won’t have as much as this issue about our malls. We will have smaller stories about funds and bring a lot of stories on preventing a homeless situation or about people who became Homeless
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of their lack of funds. Most of the emergency rooms will only give us for free , older medication because it is very inexpensive when in fact there are many other new types of medication that can control the condition better . When someone does have a seizure, it sometimes makes them embarrassed to go back to their job site because having a seizure is not too attractive. In many cases a person who has a seizure sometimes will
urinate or defecate on themselves which is very embarrassing to them. You see being homeless is a lot harder than one would think. It is not an easy job to be homeless. With having seizures, it also brings on bouts of depression and therefore the person may pick an addictive drug to calm their feelings when in fact they are now making it easier to have their next seizure because of the addictions. One last question, if a dad like above could not work because of a seizure condition do you
think he would have a home for his family? Chances are the family would also become homeless. -Sean Cononie Homeless Voice of S. Florida scononie@homelessvoice.org
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