And to all a good night

'tisn't the season

so this client is staying at a shelter that's emotionally abusive, making their illness worse, not somewhere they can feel safe, somewhere were there are plenty of state code violations every day, and there's nowhere for them to go because all the shelters are full due to the bellow freezing temps outside. This client used to spend a lot of her free time volunteering for years and years, she donated to charities, and now, there doesn't seem to be anyone to help her in *her* time of need. just doesn't seem to be a very merry christmas. so much for the season of giving.

if anyone is in the social work or mental health or related feilds and knows of any residential housing, transitional living programs or even supportive shelter programs (that may have openings), please reply to this post.

otherwise, happy holidays to you and yours.

be thankful

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non profits profiting well

This "non-profit" shelter for women, who's staff have been emotionally abusive, is getting a very shakey reputation. I found out that their board of directors get paid, this is definatly not the norm for non-profits. The director claims she does NOT get paid, even though she recently aquired a Mercedes Benz SUV and is having a new home built, not to mention regulary gets her hair and nails done and takes the dogs to the groomer. how can they afford to pay 20 board members if they complain about the electric and food bills all the time? It would seem if you had a volunteer board of directors (which is how it's usualy done) there should be absolutely no problem in meeting the basic needs of their clients.

many aspects of this organization are not coming together, and are not making sense. if there's anyone who works with non-profits, or anyhting that could give some advise, I would appreciate it