Re: Fw: Food Stamps and Homeless People
H. C. Covington (ach1@sprynet.com)
Tue, 13 Jan 1998 11:01:20 -0600
Thanks for reply. You made the best point with "they must have been
homeless"
Sonny
H. C. Sonny Covington @ I CAN! America
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From: Theodore Latham <tedrico@hotmail.com>
To: ach1@sprynet.com <ach1@sprynet.com>
Date: Tuesday, January 13, 1998 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: Food Stamps and Homeless People
I have been homeless on many occasions from 1993 to 1997. I had
no problems receiving stamps on 8 occasions in 6 states from coast to
coast, however while standing in those lines I have found that between
(1)case workers who are carrying the load of 2 or 3 caseworkers,
(2)staff who don't care for their jobs or the homeless people they must
serve, and the (3)illiteracy of many of the homeless people applying for
the stamps; most of the restrictions and burderns placed upon homeless
food stamp recipients could be lessened through FOOD STAMPS 101. You
know, have it set up so that after the person applying for stamps gets
past security's metal detector/shakedown phase. They can grab an
application and go to a booth or table, sit down, and receive a quick,
but complete, starter course on Filling out Food Stamp Applications and
all afterward procedures up to actually picking up food coupons or
validating your LONESTAR card microfilm (if your in Texas :}. PRIORITY
#1.... the staff member behind this booth or table must have at some
point in his/her lifetime have been HOMELESS. Nuff Said!
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>Forward from:
>H. C. Sonny Covington @ I CAN! America
>427 St. John Street - Lafayette 70501
>(318) 364-6239 Fax 318-367-9141
>Date: Monday, January 12, 1998 10:29 PM
>Subject: Food Stamps and Homeless People
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>The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty is interested in
>compiling the
>findings of local studies on homeless people's access to food stamps,
ie
>the
>barriers homeless people face to receiving food stamps, or the impact
of
>welfare
>reform changes in the food stamp program, especially the restrictions
on
>able
>bodied adults without dependents, on homeless people. The purpose of
the
>compilation is to assist the advocacy efforts of national and local
hunger
>groups.
>
>I would be most appreciative of any information list members might have
>about
>studies on food stamps and homeless people. Please reply to:
>HN0749@handsnet.org.
>
>Thanks!
>Katie McGovern
>Research Assistant
>National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
>918 F St. NW Ste 412
>Washington, D.C. 20010
>(202) 638-2535
>(202) 628-2737 fax
>http://www.nlchp.org
>
>Mail Sent: January 12, 1998 2:45 pm PST Item: R0118mI
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