Delaney Center Grand Opening: Flicks

On Friday, June 8, 2007 there was a Grand Opening for the new Delaney Center at Loaves and Fishes.

It was a great sunny day. A lot of the key players and supporters of Loaves and Fishes were present. Here are some pictures taken that day, Hopefully, we will get an article about it from Loaves and Fishes Staff and add it to this blogspot. ~Peter S. Lopez
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The TSA 'Center of Hope' Home Page

http://center-of-hope.blogspot.com/

TSA Housing Workshop Brochure= Update: 5-30-2007

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The Salvation Army {TSA} ‘Center of Hope’ in Downtown Sacramento is a Temporary Emergency Shelter Program for homeless people over the age of 18-years. Residents can stay up to one month with weekly extensions possible based upon merit. Clients who are ‘in-house’ residents should develop a Basic Plan of Action with a central focus on obtaining SECURE STABLE HOUSING and working on the core causes and root problems that brought about their homelessness.

Housing Workshops are on Saturday Mornings at 11 AM and on Tuesday Evenings at 6 PM in the Shelter Dining Room. The Housing Workshop is designed to provide basic information on transitional housing programs; other low-income housing programs and help clients develop a solid housing strategy. Clients can sign up to be put on the Mather Community Campus and Readiness Housing Lists and can receive a Tour Voucher for Quinn Cottages from Case Management.

Warrant Check ~ Mandatory in First Three Days
The warrant check is mandatory for all clients and easily obtained @ two locations!
• Sheriff’s Department @ 711 ‘G’ Street
• Jail Visitation @ Loaves & Fishes 1321 North ‘C’ Street ~ Phone: #446-0874

Mental Health Evaluations ~ Mandatory First Week
All clients must have a mental assessment done in the first week of at the shelter!
• Guest House located at 1400 North ‘A’ Street ~ by Quinn Cottages ~
Phone: 916/440-1500
• Genesis located at 1321 North ‘C’ Street ~ next to Friendship Park at Loaves & Fishes
Phone: 916/669-1536 {Subject to Change}

Pathways Intensive Treatment Group ~ Location: 1590 ‘A” Street
For shelter clients regular Pathways Meetings are @ 2 PM and 6 PM Monday through Friday. Orientation for the Pathways Intensive Treatment Group, a free eight-week intensive alcohol & drug treatment program of Group therapy and one-on-one counseling, are Fridays @ 2:00 PM. Graduates receive a Completion Certificate MANDATORY for transitional housing candidates with an AOD {Alcohol-Or-Drug} history. Phone: 916/442-5281

‘A’ Street Employment Services ~ 1590 North ‘A’ Street
Offer helps with job search, resumes and related services for employables seeking work. Job related resources, telephones, online computers and a fax machine are available. Clients must first attend an orientation for the facility. Phone 916/ 874-4301
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Conducted by: Peter S. Lopez, Housing Coordinator
Phone: 916/ 442-0331 x3051 + FAX: 916/ 442-7592
Salvation Army ‘Center of Hope’ ~ 1200 North ‘B’ Street ~ Sacramento, CA (95814)
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Sacramento Self-Help Housing Website: http://www.sacselfhelp.org
Provides help with housing resources and housing referrals each year to over 2,000 desperate Sacramento residents each year. Offers low-cost shared rooms in our Friendship Housing program for single men, women and women with an infant.

Contact Information: 916/448-1074 Email= sacselfhelp@calweb.com
Phone: 916/341-0593 ~ FAX: 916/341-0598 ~
Mail: P.O. Box 188445 ~ Sacramento, CA 95818

At the above website there is a Internet search engine with information on current vacancies in different housing arrangements, including apartments, shared living arrangements and rooms for rent. You will also find information about other types of housing such as Emergency Shelters, Motels and Property Management Companies.
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Adolfo Housing Service for Former Foster Youth ~ Volunteer of America
Contact: 916/874-1370 Email: jonester@saccounty.net
For legally emancipated youth no older than 25 years who have been in out-of-home care that was publicly funded. Transitional housing that offers a safe, supportive and nurturing environment for up to 24 months.
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Breaking Barriers Website http://www.breakingbarriers-sacramento.org/index.htm
2020 ‘V’ Street ~ Sacramento, CA 95818 ~ Phone: 916/447-2437
For help you must live within the Greater Sacramento Metropolitan Area and meet one or both of the following conditions: a person living with HIV or living with Breast Cancer.
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Carols Place ~ TLCS Website: http://www.tlcssac.org/housing_carols.html
Contact: Mark Tavares, Program Manager
2230 9th Street ~ Sacramento, CA 95818 ~ Phone: 916/ 448-7391 + 916/ 447-1600

An 18-bed emergency housing and supportive services program designed for residents over the age of 18 with a targeted psychiatric disability who are homeless or are at risk of being homeless. Length of stay is up to thirty days with 24 hour staffing to assist residents with many problems including: continued search for permanent housing options, connection to mental health services, help with access to substance abuse treatment and physical healthcare.

Application Process: Referred through SHEP ~ Guest House, 1400 North A Street.
Call or walk-in to schedule an intake appointment. Phone: 916/ 440-1500
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Centro Guadalupe / Catholic Charities Monday-Thursday 9-12 NOON & 1:30 – 4 PM
730 ‘S’ Street (95814) ~ Phone: 916/443-5367 ~ FAX: 916/443-5845
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CLEAN & SOBER Program ~ Website: http://www.clean-and-sober.org/
For Appointment Contact Lynne Plum ~ Office Manager
1321 North ‘C’ Street ~ Sacra, CA 95814 ~ Phone: 916/ 498-0331
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Francis House is a counseling and resource center for poor individuals and families, providing a link with caring volunteers and help in Sacramento located @ 1422 C Street ~ Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916/443-2646 Fax: 916/554-7566 Website: http://www.francishouse.info/
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La Familia Counseling Center ~ Website: http://www.lafcc.com/index.html
Contact Information: 916/452-3601 + TDD 800/ 735-2929 or 711
5523 34th Street ~ Sacramento, California 95820 Email= anitab@lafcc.com
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Lutheran Social Services ~ Transitional Housing Program for Homeless
Provides transitional housing for homeless families for up to one year. Case management, crisis intervention, budgeting education and intensive supportive services.
Contact Information: Phone: 916/ 453-2900 ~ 2980 35th St. Sacramento, CA. 95817
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Maryhouse @ Loaves and Fishes ~ Daytime drop-in hospitality center for homeless women and families. Includes breakfast Monday through Friday from 8-9am, laundry, showers, counseling and self-help classes. All homeless women or men with children are eligible for services. Contact Information:
1321 North C Street, Suite 32 ~ Sacramento, CA. 95814 ~ Phone: 916/ 446-4961
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Mather Community Campus (MCC)
http://www.dhaweb.saccounty.net/Homeless/MCC.htm
Contact Information: 916/228-3100
Singles Site Phone: 916/228-3107 Families Site Phone: 916/455-2194

Located on the former Mather Air Force Base in the Rancho Cordova area, MCC is a two-year residential transitional housing program for homeless families and single adults who are employable. It provides Case Management, classes, training and employment services. Support Staff is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Applicants must be referred to MCC by Case Management or another homeless shelter provider and must stay within the shelter matrix at all times prior to entry and must be drug and alcohol free to be admitted. MCC is not a recovery program. Applicants who have AoD Issues must have a Pathways Completion Certificate to qualify for entry.

All Students enjoy a private, roomy, air-conditioned and fully furnished studio unit with bath/shower. Singles enjoy three meals a day in the community Dining Hall. Families have kitchens for flexible meal preparation on their own. Students pay affordable rent and program fees for their housing, utilities and numerous services. Students on the singles site also pay food fees.
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Palmer Program Website: http://www.tlcssac.org/housing_palmer.html
Provides housing in shared two-bedroom apartments for up to one year and is designed for adults with a targeted psychiatric disability who are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless. Services include: 24 hour support staff, Case Management services, Life Skills training, long-range goal planning and help with developing a positive support system.
Contact Information: SHEP Phone: 916/ 440-1500
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Quinn Cottages
http://www.shra.org/WebReports/AffHousing/htmProjectDetails.php?751

Provides affordable transitional housing to help homeless adults and two-person families in a secure gated community, case management support, social and vocational skill development individually and in groups, a clean and sober community, job training, health support, an active Resident Council and other opportunities. Requires agency referral.

Total Number of Assisted Units: 60 (Handicap Units: 6}
Maximum Rent is $508 ~ Income Level Very Low + Fees: 30% of income
Office Hours: Monday- Friday, 9am-5pm ~ 1500 North ‘A’ Street Sacramento, CA. 95814
Phone: 916/ 492-9065
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Readiness Program ~ The two-year Independent Living Readiness Program (ILRP) offers two bedroom apartments at two locations in North Sacramento and intensive 24-hour case-management services to help homeless men and women work toward self-sufficiency, including: job-readiness training, substance abuse treatment options and life-skills education.

Applicants who have AoD (Alcohol or Drug) Issues must have a Pathways Certificate to be accepted into the program. Contact: Beth Valentine, Program Director Phone: 916/442-0877
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SAEHC ~ Sacramento Area Emergency Housing Center
Offers the following services for clients: family shelter, women's refuge, extended shelter program for women, children’s protective services, transitional housing for families, family resource center, children’s services, housing location services, Mather Community Campus, and more. Contact Information: 2988 35th Street Sacramento, CA. 95817 ~ Phone: 916/ 454-2120
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Sacramento Veterans Resource Center
http://www.vetswork.org/sacramento.htm
Provides employment and training services to Veterans. Plus, outreach to homeless Veterans, Career Counseling, Resume Prep, Drug and Alcohol Counseling, Training and more. They have a 32-bed employment based housing program.
Contact Information: 7270 East Southgate Drive ~ Sacramento CA, 95823
PHONE: 916/ 393-8387 FAX 916/ 393-8389 Email: vvcsac@aol.com
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Shelter Plus Care (SPC) For more information call 916/ 874-4304
http://dhaweb.saccounty.net/Homeless/shelterPlusCare.htm
A housing subsidy program of the County of Sacramento's Homeless Program, providing supportive housing for homeless disabled individuals and families and requires case management of all SPC participants. In the case of a homeless household, at least one adult member must be considered disabled. Persons with disabilities are those who have a disability that: is expected to be of long-continued duration; substantially impedes his or her ability to live independently; and is of such a nature that the disability could be improved by more suitable housing conditions.
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SHRA ~ Sacramento Housing & Redevelopment Agency ~ 630 ‘I’ Street
http://www.shra.org/index.html
SHRA owns and maintains about 3,600 housing units within the Agency’s stock of conventional public housing, including the complexes of Dos Rios, River Oaks and New Helvetia and several other sites. SHRA currently is accepting applications for public housing assistance for involuntarily displaced families only.

Information Hotline: 916/440-1300 Main Number: 916/440-1390
Applications: 916/492-2244 E-mail: intake@shra.org
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Sister Nora’s Shelter
1321 North ‘C’ Street, Loaves & Fishes ~ Sacramento, CA 95814 ~ Phone: 916/ 669-7000
Capacity of thirteen (13) beds for chronically homeless mentally ill women. Genesis must refer applicant and an evaluation is done first by Carol Nutt
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TLCS (Transitional Living & Community Support)
Website: http://www.tlcssac.org/
Contact Information: 1400 North A Street, Bldg. A ~
General Information: 916/440-1500 FAX: 916/440-1512
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Union Gospel Mission No Waiting List. For Single Males Only
Contact Information: 400 Bannon St. ~ Sacramento, CA 95814 ~ Phone: 447-3268
On Site Contact: Rev Ken Lane Director or Steven Jariett

Application Process: OVERNIGHT- Intakes begin at 5:30 pm. Newcomers have priority. TWELVE MONTHS - The shelter offers an Alcohol and Other Drugs rehabilitation program. Call to schedule an appointment for an assessment.

Stay: Overnight stays are seven days in, three days out; three days between stays; bathrooms and showers; dinner and breakfast provided: No Wheelchair accessibility; Evening curfew is 10:00 p.m. No bicycles are allowed on the property. No T.V.

Services: Attendance at the chapel is required each evening. The church service with dinner following is open to all; arrive before 7:30 p.m.
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Wind Youth Center: For youth 13 to 18 years. There are 16 beds at no cost with a length of stay of 21 days and no waiting list. Come into come into the Center, have intake done unless after hours, then done at shelter. Services: Counseling, case management, referral services, preparation for GED, employment, referrals for medical and dental and drug and alcohol counseling
Contact Information: 701 Dixieanne Ave. ~ Sacramento, CA 95815 ~ Phone: 916/443-8333
FAX: 641-5571 ~ Admin: 916/561-2424 On Site Contact: LaTasha
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Women’s Empowerment ~ http://www.womens-empowerment.org
Phone: 916/669-2307 Fax: 916/341-0730
1400 North ‘C’ Street ~ Sacramento, CA 95814

Working with Homeless Women, we have learned about the causes, the challenges, and the issues that have brought, and in many cases kept, a woman homeless. In an effort to break the cycle of homelessness, we have created a safe, supportive and educational place called Women's Empowerment.
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Note: This TSA Housing Brochure will be refined and updated from time to time. Any changes, corrections or deletions please contact: Peter S. Lopez, Housing Coordinator
Phone: 916/ 442-0331 x3051 + FAX: 916/ 442-7592
Salvation Army ‘Center of Hope’ ~ 1200 North ‘B’ Street ~ Sacramento, CA (95814)
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The TSA 'Center of Hope' Home Page

http://center-of-hope.blogspot.com/

Saturday, May 25, 2007:TSA All Staff Workshop

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Today we had an All Staff Workshop today for the Shelter Staff who work at the The Salvation Army ‘Center of Hope’ Homeless Shelter on 1200 North ‘B’ Street in Sacramento, California. Our All Day Workshop was on Communication and Understanding.

In the morning, most of us gathered at the shelter, then, we went in a TSA Big Bus to the Salvation Army Headquarters by Broadway and Alhambra Boulevard. It was very interesting and educational for us in different ways and on different levels.
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A consultant Sister Francine, who also presented our last Workshop by the Sacramento River last March, also taught this Workshop called ‘Salvation Army Team Building’ and led it today with knowledge, energy and humor.

We discussed basic personality revolving around the central question of: Who am I?

Basic human personality was described in four main colors ~ green, blue, gold and yellow ~ then, those colors were related to different main personality types:

GREEN = Competency
BLUE = Relationship
GOLD = Responsibility
ORANGE = Freedom

For example GOLD = Responsibility

Ø Be prepared

Ø Love to plan

Ø Punctual/Predictable

Ø Steadfast

Ø Rules & Regulations

Ø Policies and Procedures

Ø Values Tradition

Ø Detail orientated

Ø Conservative stable

Ø Structured environment

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Each color has certain qualities that together can compose the basic personality profile of different kinds of people, although color qualities can over lap and blend with each other on the edges.

Then, for the afternoon we went to William Land Park and did some other Team Building tasks that were like games and fun in their own way, but they also taught us how to work with each other and interact to get a common goal accomplished.
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Our Workshop tasks taught us certain organizational values, such as, clear communication, following instructions and using our basic senses in order to work together towards a common goal, such as, having a blindfold on and hearing directions as we went through little orange cones blindfolded following the direction of a seeing Teammate.

We got really involved with each other as Staff as we did the various tasks. I believe each of us got something out of it. All-in-all, it was a good time for us all to get together, to get to know each other better and see different aspects of our personalities that we do not usually show in our usual work environment.

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Thanks to Sister Elizabeth, our Shelter Director, who has helped us forge into a stronger united staff in ways that we do not ordinarily do in our weekly work situations {she is a GOLD!}. She has inspired us to work together more as a team with common beliefs , work practices and positive goals. We have become a better team as Staff Members, though we may work in different departments, we can better see the key importance of solid teamwork!

Related Websites:
http://www.thepegroup.org/

Contact Us=
Email: janice@thepegroup.org
Phone: 916-682-7023
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The TSA 'Center of Hope' Home Page

http://center-of-hope.blogspot.com/

On My MCC Visit of May 22, 2007: By Peter S. Lopez

On Tuesday, June 22, 2007, I woke up early before 6:30 AM. It was a sunny windy day and sometimes the winds help stir life up bringing fresh breezes. I was excited about going out to Mather Community Campus (MCC) in order to meet and coordinate matters with Staff Members Paula Moltzen and Kaye Dowling about the MCC Housing List and other matters.

I myself am a former MCC student-resident and entered in the Summer of 2000 from Sally’s with some fear and hopeful anticipation. MCC is a two-year transitional housing program for homeless people with an emphasis on employment. It is not a recovery or rehab program. For me, MCC was a great once-in-a-lifetime experience and it all encouraged my self-esteem, focused my career goals and advanced my spiritual growth.

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Housing Workshops ~

Our regular Housing Workshops at The Salvation Army (TSA) ‘Center of Hope’ homeless shelter are held on Saturdays @ 11 AM and on Tuesdays @ 6 PM.

As a rule, we open with a short prayer, introduce ourselves and briefly say how we got here being homeless. I believe it is important for us to know how we got into the shelter and honestly and openly discuss the issues and circumstances involved in us becoming homeless. It is not simply a matter to providing housing for the homeless, but it is more of matter of helping to produce mature, stable and responsible functional adults who can obtain housing and keep housing. Ultimately, we must address the core character issues and negative cultural factors that result in us becoming homeless in order to prevent a reoccurrence of homelessness.

We can learn from the past to help guide our future wisely and not fall into the category of being labeled ‘chronically homeless’. If the underlying problems that resulted in our being homeless are not resolved many times we are doomed to repeat our mistakes in a vicious circle until we learn from them.

As our Housing Workshops we discuss developing a general housing strategy and tactics for obtaining SAFE SECURE HOUSING. Also we discuss different kinds of housing situations, available limited resources, transitional housing programs, housing options and related matters connected to housing for the homeless. I will usually past out an updated Housing Brochure and discuss the items therein.

In relation to transitional housing programs I focus on three: MCC, Quinn Cottages and the Readiness Program along with their similarities and differences. For example, for MCC one must come direct from a shelter and stay consistently and continuously within the shelter matrix with no breaks in between and be employable; while for Quinn Cottages one does not have to come direct from a shelter, can be unemployable and can even be on SSI.

After our general discussions at our Housing Workshops I pass around a Housing Referral List and if qualified and interested our clients can sign up in order to get on the MCC and Readiness List, then, I call in our referrals and also fax it out to make sure they are received by MCC and Readiness.

For Quinn Cottages I offer tokens for clients to attend a Quinn Tour, which are held on Wednesdays and Saturdays @ 11 AM at Quinn Cottages. After their Quinn Tour clients are offered a Quinn Application and I help them fill it out in an orderly fashion in order for it to be accepted and considered by Quinn Staff.

I keep a list of those who attend the Housing Workshops to check it out for statistical purposes given to Shelter Coordinator Larry Dayton and I also keep a separate list of those who sign the Housing Referral List. At this time, any new client who comes into the shelter and goes through Orientation is allowed to sign the Housing Referral List.

The MCC Meeting ~

Our MCC Meeting was scheduled for 1 PM and was to include my Supervisor Donald Hodges, but due to him having to attend to urgent matters at the shelter I handled the MCC Meeting myself. Donald dropped me off at the Alkali Flag Light Rail by 12th and ‘E’ Streets around 12:30 PM. I called MCC on my cell phone and re-scheduled our meeting for 2 PM, then, caught the Light Rail out to Rancho Cordova and got off at the Mather-Mills Light Rail Station.

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I then had to wait for a bit, talked to a Mather resident and caught the Bus 75 out to MCC that dropped me off right by the Administration-Case Management buildings around 1:40 PM.

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I entered through the front door to Case Management to see my old friend the ‘P Queen’ Kay. She is the one who does the urinalysis on MCC students-residents and faxes the MCC List out to us. Kay showed me how they do the MCC List with the Excel Program and other technical stuff,

Kay D. is very precious and also known affectionately as Queen P. She helps do the urine drug tests on students who can be called in at random for tests when they first arrive and can be called in when there is a suspicion about illegal and improper drug-alcohol usage.

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Then, Kay and I went into the Administration building. I met Paula and the three of us sat down to discuss the MCC List and related matters.

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Paula M. works at MCC and is our main contact person. I work at the Salvation Army as the Housing Coordinator, among other roles, and I refer eligible clients to MCC from the Salvation Army. ~Peta.

The three of us mainly discussed the transient nature of our shelter clients with their comings and goings, along with the difficulty of tracking them in terms of their whereabouts after they leave the shelter. I discussed the Exit Form we do on clients, the HMIS form and how many of our people depart to unknown destinations. Plus, we discussed the confidentiality of our roster and the MCC List that is not to be posted for all to see in order to protect the confidentiality of clients in general.

Basically we decided that I would be faxed the MCC Housing List addressed to me specifically, then, I would examine it and compile a Drop Off List of those clients who are no longer at the shelter, along with any available information as to whether they are still in the shelter system. Plus, new clients would have to be TSA shelter residents for two weeks before they are called in as Housing Referrals from TSA for the MCC List. I will make the Drop Off List one of my weekly priorities as now the MCC List is clogged with a lot of former clients whose whereabouts are unknown.

I informed them that I would be the sole contact person as the TSA Housing Coordinator in order to assure a clean chain of communication and that any other specific cases would be handled directly through case management with Donald Hodges as our Case Manager.

Related Websites:
http://www.dhaweb.saccounty.net/Homeless/MCC.htm

http://www.sacselfhelp.org

Humanely Yours In Christ~
Brother Peter S. Lopez
Peter S. Lopez, Counselor
916/ 442-0331 x3051
1200 North ‘B’ Street
Sacra, California ~95814
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P.S. Written on my laptop at home last night…

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Sac Works is a Job Search Center mainly for Mather Community Campus, but also anyone in the Sacramento area can attend and utilize its job search resources.

The TSA 'Center of Hope' Home Page

http://center-of-hope.blogspot.com/

Nutrition In Recovery: By David Jones

Recorded on Sabbath, May 12, 2007
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Part I: Nutrition In Recovery by Senor David Jones


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Part II: Nutrition In Recovery


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Part III: Nutrition In Recovery: By Senor Jones



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"My mission statement today is to become one with the universe and help as many others as I can..."
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"... you will get better! I can guarantee you that!"
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Part V: Nutrition in Recovery by David Jones {Five of Five}


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The TSA 'Center of Hope' Bloglink=
http://center-of-hope.blogspot.com/2007/05/nutrition-in-recovery-by-david-jones.html

Nurse Jeane's Moving On Party at the Salvation Army

May 03, 2007
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The TSA 'Center of Hope' Home Pagehttp://center-of-hope.blogspot.com/2007/05/nurse-jeanes-moving-on-party-at.html

TSA_On_Mayday_2007

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A short video clip on Mayday at the Salvation Army 'Center of Hope'. I started out across the street, crossed the street, went up the walkway, entered the building, the lobby, then, into the Front Office where Front Desk Monitor David Benning was at the helm! Click the Arrow to see this Video Clip.

That's it! I am nominating him for Employee of the Month for May!!!!!

Video Clip Duration: 03:54 seconds
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The TSA 'Center of Hope' Home Page

http://center-of-hope.blogspot.com/

Shyann's Bio-Pix

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A brief video clip of Shyann about a cool picture of her and bio-comment. She is really photogenic.

The TSA 'Center of Hope' Home Page

http://center-of-hope.blogspot.com/

Dorothy's Escape Plan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a_6QUNQ0wk

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Yesterday, April 29, 2007, Sister Barbra gave me a ride to the CASA Meeting at Sally's and I ran into Sister Dorothy H. and made this short video clip. ~Peta

The TSA 'Center of Hope' Home Page

http://center-of-hope.blogspot.com/

Shyann In A Sweater ;->

Link to You Tube @
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The TSA 'Center of Hope' Home Page

http://center-of-hope.blogspot.com/