I've been exceptionally busy both prepping for an upcoming regional training event in South Carolina for SAMHSA and HRC/PATH and have also been training a new assistant veteran services coordinator to help me at my day-job over at Operation Stand Down Nashville. It's left little time for much else, but don't let me leave you with an incorrect impression; I absolutely love what I'm doing and I think it will generate some great future blog posts, both here and at Change.org, not to mention on the HRC/PATH/SSH websites, regarding providing better services and a voice to those on the street who aren't always able to be heard.
Don't mean to break my arm patting myself on the back here, just letting folks know I haven't dropped off the face of the earth and I'm not out wasting anyone's time, either. I'm working on improving my own knowledge base and skill sets so I can share it with others who do this kind of work and love every minute of it in the process.
Homelessness, poverty, mental illness, addiction; these are complex issues and so too are some of the solutions to address them. I'm a big fan of the KISS formula but it's difficult to pigeonhole and cookie-cut answers to the problems generated as a result of homelessness.
Every day I hear about someone somewhere doing something that works for them and each time I hear it, I want to know more, MORE about it!
I'm hoping to share as much of it as I can with as many peeps as I can. Hope you'll stick around to see what some of it is.
