Homeless Resources

The other day, a gentleman was under the driveway on the side of the house. He looked as if he had spent the night there.   We; Becky, Mitch and I approached him, I said "Hello Sir, we need to ask you to not sleep on the property.  We have alerts listed with the police department, and we don't want you to get arrested for trespassing" Becky then said "we open at 10 and you are more than welcome to come inside".  He was kind and mentioned he was trying to get out of the cold. We then had a discussion about homelessness on the way back to the main library.

Mitch found an interesting story about homeless, and I found some links to resources.  Links to this information is below. 

I appreciate the fact that we all treat individuals with respect.  We all know that we can't just assume an individual is homeless.  If we engage someone and the person mentions they need help these links might give us an opportunity to provide information to the person.

There are a couple of the below sources printed out and placed on the clip board at the reference desk.

If you have any other resources that we should know about, please add them in the comments below.

Thanks!

Article:
Houston, we have a solution: How the city curbed homelessness

Help Links:
Homeless Shelter Directory
Coalition for the Homeless
Resource Guide
Help Information Including Drop In Centers, Clothing,Meals, etc.
Google Search: Shower Stations Houston
Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart - Helping the Homeless
Drop In Centers
Help Card

SK

Houston Chronicle (Houston, Texas), April 5, 1930

JO

Staff Meeting Notes - 05 November 2019

Meeting Lead: FS
Meeting Notes: SB
In Attendance: MH, SB, RG, JO, RS, FS, IW


Team Building (SB)
Fill in the Map (two teams) - states/capitals of the United States

5-Minute Resource Share (RG)
U.S. Special Census on Deaf Family Marriages and Hearing Relatives, 1888-1895 (see handout)

Book Sale Checks (MH)
CLF

Renovation Updates (MH)
new computers - I.T. still working on wiring issues - no timeline for installation

Health Assessment (MH)
deadlines coming up - Nov 15 to get $65, Dec 31 to get $35, Mar 13 = final deadline

Meeting Room Reservations
no longer putting "EF" in the Outlook Calendar; procedure reverting back to previous procedure; if patron is insistent about submitting reservation request electronically, pass call to SK/MH/IW

Field Trips (JO / MH)
JO - MFAH tour of their museum library Thurs. Nov. 14, sign up if interested
MH - submit suggestions to MH for possible field trip locations (Houston Vital Statistics, UH Spec. Coll., TSU Spec. Coll. were previously mentioned)

Section Reports
RS - no longer using standard bindery colors
FS - microfilm cabinets - difficulty opening (especially Virginia); help customers if needed

Voting Day
NEW - vote today at any Harris County polling location (just like in Early Voting)