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NewsCommunity Voice Mail
3/27/2009 2:32:37 PM | Tina Kaufmann
It's difficult to find a place to live or get a job without a way to be contacted. That's why a local tool is available to aid the homeless and low-income families.
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It's called Community Voice Mail and it provides 24 hour access to communication for people who are in a crisis. But in order to use it, you have to be involved with a partner agency, like Haven of Rest or the Battered Women's Shelter, among others.
It's an established client-based service where potential employers or landlords can hear your voice recorded in your voicemail, as if they'd called a home phone, and touch base with you. It can help put you in contact with family, friends, health services, housing and jobs.
Users pay nothing, but the partner agency is charged a $1 monthly fee per voicemail box.
To get started, you fill out an intake/outcome form, then you're provided a phone number the box is connected with, you create a password, record your greeting, then get a brief training course on how to access and use your voice mail box.
Once a client reaches their goal, whether it be finding a job or an apartment, the mailbox is reset and someone else can use it.
Community Voice Mail in Summit County launched Thursday. It's modeled after the initial program started in Seattle.
On the Web: Community Voice Mail http://www.cvmsummit.net/
For current events directed to the homeless and those living in poverty: http://cvmsummit.blogspot.com/
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posted at 3/27/2009 8:44:31 PM (7114)
KRobb633 said:
I can see how this would be valuable for it's clients. It needs to be made available to others in need as well.
posted at 3/28/2009 8:25:25 AM (7137)
missfit said:I agree Krobb, the working poor always seems to be left out. I know some people who have had to give up having a home telephone along with other things due to having to pay other bills to keep their lights on and food on the table.
posted at 3/28/2009 10:25:15 PM (7162)
KRobb633 said:
It's to bad the working poor always seem to get the bums rush these days. Only folks with money and influence get the brakes
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