Voice Mail for the Homeless!

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Hi,

Sylvia said:

> In one of the articles "voice  mail for the homeless" was mentioned and
> suggested. Isn't that a contradiction in terms. How will someone who is
> homeless receive e-mail. Where s will they have access to a computer. Will
> neighborhoods trust the homeless to use their computers.  I wonder who will
> pay for this service. I can't imagine having homeless people walking into a
> school where there are young children to access their e-mail.
>      If they are to have access to e-mail will libraries welcome them with
> open arms?
>  I can't  picture the agencies which provide meals and lodging for the
> homeless having  e-mail capabilities????
> 
> Sylvia

Comnment:

You switched from voice mail to email.  I sort of agree with your
comments about email, but voice mail for the homeless is a whole other
story.

There have been some very successful trials and implementations of
giving voice mailboxes to homeless folks who are looking for work.  It
is very difficult to get a job if you don't have a phone for some to
call you back.  Some homeless agencies are now assigning a voice
mailbox to a homeless person who is trying to get a job.  Potential
employees are given the homeless person's voice mailbox number and it
appears the person has a telephone answering machine since the message
on the voice mailbox is in the homeless person's voice.

These agencies sometimes suppply a 800# for the homeless folks to
access their voice mailboxes.

This use of voice mailboxes has been very successful.

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