How It Feels To Lose Your Job Due To A Loss In Grant Funding:

When You're At A Social Function And Someone Decides To Refer To All Homeless Persons As "Degenerates:"

That Moment When You're Feeling Like You're Going A Little Bit Nuts, And Then You Realize, You're Just As Crazy As All Your Coworkers:

Why It's Important To Check Fairly Frequently On Your Chronically Homeless Clients Who Have Housing For The First Time In Over A Decade:

"No, we don't pee out our windows, that's what bathrooms are for! Just walk down the hall next time!" - Something a case manager actually said to one of their newly housed clients

When You And Your Long-Time Coworker End Up At The Same Boring Meeting:

What All Case Managers Picture When Someone Says The Words "Fundraising Dinner:"

I have to wear a dress and make-up? I'm out!

When You Find Out That You Were Just Nominated As The Employee Representative To Go Speak At A Senior Donors Seminar... Over The Weekend:

When You're Promised Snacks At Your All-Staff Meeting And You Arrive To Find Carrots And Celery Sticks:

When Your City's "Ten Year Plan To End Homelessness" Fails To Include A Plan To Create More Affordable Housing Units:

So, exactly what are our homeless supposed to move into?

Sometimes At The End Of A Long Work Week...

Batten down the hatches everyone, it is Friday the 13th!

When You Hand-Hold And Work With A Client For Over A Year To Find Housing And They Get Evicted One Week Into Having Housing For Lighting Their Room On Fire:

This Is Pretty Much A Visible Metaphor For Those Trying To Find Housing And Get Off Of The Streets:

It's much harder than most people realize to pull oneself out of homelessness, give them a break.

Sometimes After A Rough Day You Need A Little Extra Support:

And that's okay, that's what support systems are for.

What Happens Internally When You're At A Social Gathering And Someone Starts Mocking The Population You Work With:

Outwardly you tell them where to go, what they can ride there and who all can go with them.

What It Feels Like To Have Your Program's Budget Halved But Then Be Told You're Expected To Have The Same Outcomes As Last Year:

When You Draw The Shortest Straw And End Up Being The Tour Guide For Donors For Your Non-Profit Agency For Four Hours:

...Because I didn't have work I was going to get done today or anything.

What It Feels Like When You're Asked To Write A Grant, But No One Has Any Details About The Grant:

So is this for housing, medical coverage, a worker cupcake fund... what!?

How You Feel After Being On The Phone For Five Hours, Rerouted Through Seven Different People, And Hung Up On Twice While Trying To Fix Your Client's Benefits:

When Your Client Won't Make Up Their Mind About Which Program They Want You To Help Them Enroll In... For Three Days: