Adventures:

• ellen show
• mondays at mission
• christmas 2013
• bike riding on beach
• beach day
• nature hike
• horseback riding
• long beach aquarium
• ice skating
• roller skating
• sports park days
• playground picnic
• universal studios
• gold n stuff rides day
• la zoo
• indoor rock climbing
• library day
• glendale pool
• tree planting
• skateboarding parks
• griffith picnic days (frisbee, soccer)
• batting cages & arcade
• family dinner nights
• haunted hayride
• sky zone trampolines

AW:

• high school research applications spring
• getting hair done with Desi & Netty
• performing arts high schools applications
• saturday trips
• music conservatory scholarship
• gymnastics classes
• sweatspot dance classes
• giving her a private room
• new clothes and shoes
• food
• a tablet
• an apartment
• help with dance try-outs

ETC:

• homework packets + reading
• monthly: tap cards monthly
• boys
  • ✔ skateboarding
  • ✔ multiplication flashcards
  • ✔ model airplane / lego building activities
  • art
• girl
  • ✔ math
  • ✔ reading books
  • ✔ gymnastics (la school of gymnastics $200 sessions)
  • ✔ dance class (mondays sweat spot scholdarhip)
  • ✔ silverlake conservatory of music class scholarship (guitar)
  • volunteer with animals
  • cooking class
• mom
  • ✔ green card
  • ✔ register for esl
  • ✔ calworks benefits
  • ✔ english lessons junior college
  • nutritional + parenting
  • part-time job (via GAIN)
• APARTMENT RENTAL
  • ✔ deposit
  • ✔ turn on power/gas/water/internet
  • ✔ furnishings

ANW:

• ✔ cal works benefits (after greencard)
  • join GAIN then go to HOPIPS office (after greencard)
• ✔ glasses (renew)
• ✔ green card application
  • ✔ medical exam
• ✔ work authorization card
• ✔ find her a church: Dream Center
• ✔ fundraise
• ✔ transitional housing research
• ✔ TAP CARDS
• ✔ APARTMENT RENTAL
  • HUD
• JOB
  • Chrysalis Job Assistance
  • Wiengart Center (weingart.org): 323-432-4399 (no undocumented residents - work related help)
• ENGLISH
  • ✔ public library literacy program
  • ✔ community college
  • reading/writing/speaking english - in progress
  • english tapes
• CONNECT with LIBERIAN REFUGEES Group
  • Liberian Consulate General 310-457-1967
  • IRIS refugee program Atwater
  • International Institute ilosangeles.org
  • SOCAL Liberian Group
• Big Bro/Big Sis programs
• refugee services
• low income doctors: LA Cares 213-694-1250 medical
• family portrait

KIDS:

• ✔ enroll in local schools
  • ✔ lunch meal application
  • ✔ bring calworks residency evidence to both schools
  • ✔ homeless liaison 213-202-7581 transition form
  • ✔ gary brown after school coordinator
  • ✔ enrollment packets
  • ✔ JM: teacher/principal letter regarding learning
  • ✔ resident school finder
  • ✔ LA unified FAQ
• ✔ school supplies
• ✔ school clothes
• ipad educational games/books

HELP:

• John A. furniture donation pick-ups
• John R. hair for AWs
• Danny D. sweat spot classes for AW
• Richard, Howard, John, John, Vince help with moving

Section 8 Resources:

• Sola
• Malin
• Go Sect 8
• Craigslist

Transitional Housing Research:

• 211 for emergency shelter (sucks)
• La Via Mariposa (low income housing) 213-483-2053 (app sent 4.15.14)
• Mercy House Properties: http://www.mercyhousing.org/california-properties
• Little Tokyo Service Center Low Income Housing (mailed app 6.30.14 http://www.ltsc.org)
• Parcel M Low Income Housing (mailed app 6.23.14)
• Volunteers of America Shelter: 323-751-4812 (full)
• SROhousing.org Sarah Gonzales 213-229-3612
• YMCA Hollywood/Wilshire Elizabeth Olguin 323 467 4161 (left Message)
• Hope Row Resource Center 213-833-5020 (left message)
• St. Vincent DuPaul 323-224-6289 svdpla.org (2 to 3 year wait)
• Family Solutions Center (http://lahsa.org) > told me to call this number: 323 948-0444 (see HOPIPS)
• PATH: 340 North Madison Avenue 323-644-2216 (emergency shelter intake at 6am)
• Westwood Transitional Housing 310-477-9539 (needs caseworker referral but no openings)
• Door of Hope Glendale 818-548-3872 (full)
• Door of Hope Pasadena 626-304-9130 (will call me about housing - did phone intake)
• Burbank Temp Aid Center burbanktemporaryaidcenter.org (food pantry only)
• Habitat For Humanity 626-387-6899 (no housing but info via Marty McBride)
• Catholic Charities 818-409-3080 (referred to Family Promise 626-569-0991 - left my number for waiting list)
• Immigration Center for Women & Children 213-614-1165 (only for legal issues)
• Family Promise at Verdugo: http://familypromiseverdugos.org (left message)
• Acensica 818-246-7900 (left message only 90 days emergency shelter)
• Nancy Painter Home Transitional Housing For Women, Glendale (right now full)
• Blessed Sacrament Hollywood (NO housing at time of call)
• Passageway Intake Center (only for pasadena residents)
• La Posada 213-483-2058 (only single moms with one children)
• Casa Loma 213-353-4730 (low income housing must pay up to $1000)
• Jordan’s Disciple Community services route 66 (in Compton)
• Floodgates of Faith Christian Ministry (in Compton)
• Dream Center Transitional Housing (via echo park church: full)