Update #2

Today is July 7th, I posted yesterday, but I felt today needed its separate update. It has been a long tiring day for everyone at the office. One thing about working at LIFT is I never know how my day is going to be. Sometimes clients don't show up and I end up not doing much or doing basic office work like phone messages, and sometimes all my clients show up and I have to jump from person to person. today was a day of positives and negatives. Negatives first. A woman came in today who was very nice but obviously very frustrated at her situation. She needed rental assistance or other help to keep her from being evicted. She came in half an hour late so we only had half an hour. Before she came I prepared a lot of websites to look at but she seemed unimpressed. She was expecting help directly from LIFT which we don't do. We call all the places I found but all were dead ends. I ended up just giving her the numbers and sending her on her way. I was disappointed we didn't get anywhere. But the positives. Today a haitian man came in and I was a bit nervous because of the language barrier. It was frustrating and awkward at first but once we called a phone translation service it went much smoother. We applied for SNAP and I found him a possible nanny job, they specifically wanted someone Haitian, and he has CPR training and other qualifications for nannying. SNAP will really help him out because he has no income. He needs money so he can renew his work permit. I really hope he gets it! I have one more client today and I am nervous because he is new.