1 in 7? Really?

The Wall Street Journal reported up to 1 in 7 Americans is receiving food stamp assistance from the U.S. government.

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2012/03/02/more-than-1-in-7-use-food-stamps-in-u-s/?mod=wsj_share_twitter

St. John the Baptist Social Services hosts an on-site Los Angeles County worker on Mondays and Wednesdays to help fill out the applications for California's program, CalFresh.

Homeless Walk

United Way of Greater Los Angeles is hosting Homeless Walk 2010 The Walk to End Homelessness.

When: Saturday, November 13; registration starts 7 a.m. and walk starts 9 a.m.
Where: Exposition Park, Los Angeles
What: 5 km (3.1 miles) walk to raise money to end homelessness in Los Angeles County
Who: United Way and thousands of walkers

Info or to Register: (Cost is $35 incoluding t-shirt and parking)
1-888-2-HELP-LA
www.homewalkla.org

SNAP/Food Stamp Assistance

Beginning Wednesday January 20, St. John the Baptist Social Services will be able to help with applications for SNAP (a.k.a. Food Stamps; Supplemental Nutirition Assistance Program).

Los Angeles County stations a trained social worker every Monday and Wednesday from 9:30 until 12 and 1 p.m. until 5 to assist with Medi-Cal and now SNAP applications.

Medi-Cal Contact

Through January 20, 2010, when the Los Angeles County representative in Baldwin Park for Medi-Cal returns every Monday and Wednesday to St. John the Baptist Social Services office, the two ways to contact for services:

1) Call Gloria Delgado 626-569-2931 for normal issues

2) For emergency assistance, call the Los Angeles County hotline for services: 2-1-1

Medi-Cal Representative Update

St. John the Baptist Social Services is pleased to announce that the Medi-Cal worker provided by Los Angeles County will return starting January 20, 2010, every Monday and Wednesday.

Social Services Calendar

December 15: Final Day to Register for Christmas Toys

December 16: Final Day for Los Angeles County Medi-Cal representative at St. John the Baptist office for 2009

December 23: Posada, 7:00 p.m.

Example of the Economic Situation in Los Angeles County

There are currently all sorts of numbers being mentioned in public and the media: unemployment rate, the real unemployment rate, foreclosures, etc. Some are surprising, like a study showing homeless being down 30%! Sometimes it can be all a bit numbing; but, sometimes, a smaller, real example can be clarifying.

A parish in Los Angeles County hosts a weekly food program where recipients must be qualified by income and residency in order to qualify (these are documented). This program serviced 55 distinct recipients in July 2008 (i.e. 55 families or individuals received food packages during the month; some came once and some came every week ... but 55 different names are signed on the register). The number has increased ... in November 2009, there were 115 distinct recipients.

Medi-Cal Representative News

St. John the Baptist Social Services hosts a Los Angeles County DHSS social worker every Monday and Wednesday to assist with Medi-Cal applications. She will be on vacation from December 21 to early 2010 and thus not available during that time.