mostly about social services

Today I learned that if you are interested in contacting social services, there is an information number on the first page of the phone book that should theoretically get you sent to the right organization. What I got out of that is:

• The mental health people really want people to sign up to come to them and probably have a substance abuse problem.
• The organizations addressing homelessness want people to come to their shelters, i.e., not have air quality issues.
• It is possible that if there were an advocate involved, a homeless EI could get food stamps and maybe meals on wheels, but I didn't actually call meals on wheels.
• There isn't any way to get a caseworker involved in any of this unless you have an emergency.
• The elder abuse/crisis organization sounds like the way to go if you are an elderly EI with behavioral issues, assuming you work your situation into a crisis.

In other news, the cute little kids didn't stink this Halloween, most likely because I'm getting better and losing my super-sniffer talent. If you aren't all blown over by the laundry care fumes, the kids are much cuter.