September 18, 2009
Connecting Through Community Voice Mail
Five months ago, Harris came to Washington, D.C., only to join the 15,000 homeless in the D.C. area. That’s when he hit bottom, but decided to get up and start running again. Harris moved into a shelter and enrolled in the CVM program and started using the number as a contact point...Read article
September 9, 2009
Can’t Pay Your Phone Bill?
Gov. Christine Gregoire has signed a proclamation declaring Sept. 14-20 Washington Telephone Assistance Program (WTAP) Awareness Week, in coordination with a national effort sponsored by the Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) and National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners...
June 12, 2009
CVM partners with AIDS.gov for HIV Testing Day
Community Voice Mail launched a campaign with AIDS.gov to inform our clients around the country about free or low-cost HIV testing resources in local communities...
June 8, 2009
Cisco Practicing Hands-On Philanthropy
Cisco System's money, technology, and know-how have been vital to increasing Community Voice Mail's ability to offer free voice mail services to homeless people...
June 2009
CVM partners with Hybrid Media
Community Voice Mail will receive philanthropic donations through the aid of green advertising agency Hybrid Media by matching high profile companies and Community Voice Mail as part of philanthropic co-branding opportunities...
May 27, 2009
CVM at NetSquared Conference
On May 27, Community Voice Mail's Jessica Dally presented on health issues and mobile technology highlighting the work Community Voice Mail is doing with the Centers for Disease Control and AIDS.gov...
April 30, 2009
'Sleep Out' Event Shows Support for Homeless
The second annual Duke City Sleep Out is sponsored by the Metropolitan Homelessness Project, which operates a 74-bed men's emergency shelter, veterans' transitional housing and around-the-clock respite care. It also offers free phone numbers and voice mail...
April 28, 2009
CVM and Centers for Disease Control Team Up to Distribute Important Information About the Swine Flu (H1N1 Virus)
Community Voice Mail (CVM) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have teamed up to provide important public health information to CVM clients regarding the recent Swine Flu outbreak (H1N1 virus)...
April 27, 2009
Lifeline to Justice: CVM Helps Inmates and Defenders Connect
Through an innovative initiative launched this month, public defenders in King County will now be able to communicate via voice mail with their in-custody clients. This saves time and money for the jail system, and for the public defenders...
April 6, 2009
Voice-mail program can help people find jobs, housing
Tara Strickland of Akron was homeless, jobless and a single mother. It was hard to get a job because she didn't have a call-back phone number to give out. Strickland, 32, and her 12-year-old son lived in a shelter...
March 27, 2009
Community Voice Mail
It's difficult to find a place to live or get a job without a way to be contacted. That's why a local tool is available to aid the homeless and low-income famillies...
March 26, 2009
Ohio's Summit County Launches CVM
Connie Krauss, Director of Community and Economic Development for Summit County Executive Russ Pry today left the first official message on Community Voice Mail Summit (CVMS) today...
March 26, 2009
A Lifeline for the Homeless
Washington DC's Friendship Place responds to an article on homelessness in the Washington Post...
March 23, 2009
Community Voice Mail Provides Real Help to Homeless and Unemployed Men and Women in Challenging Times
New York City's Partnership for the Homeless will be hosting a special CVM Kickoff Luncheon on March 31 to share the details about this lifesaving program. Clients will be on hand, and detailed program information will be available...
February 2009
CVM partners with CDC, FDA, and Dept of Health and Human Services
Community Voice Mail partnered with three federal agencies (Centers for Disease Control, Food & Drug Administration, and Department of Health & Human Services) to disseminate information to clients and agencies about the ongoing recall of peanut butter and peanut-containing products that contain Salmonella... Listen to the message and listen to client response
December 18, 2008
Homeless Experts Counter Senator Coburn's "Waste" Report
Leaders from organizations working to end homelessness in America today questioned the inclusion of Community Voice Mail (CVM) in a list of "wasteful” federal expenditures produced by U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK). Recognizing that CVM is a hugely successful, cost-effective program operating in more than 400 towns and cities, these leaders asked that CVM be removed from this document...
Read the full "waste" report here.
November 15, 2008
Saturday Thumbs - Help for the homeless
CVM gets the thumbs up from The Daily News Online. Kudos to the Lower Columbia Community Action Program and others involved in establishing the Community Voice Mail service in Southwest Washington — the 12th such free voice mail system in the state...
November 8, 2008
Agency hosts phone service for homeless
A free voice mail system is now available in Cowlitz and Wahkiakum counties to help homeless or needy people find jobs, make medical appointments and connect with social services...
November 6, 2008
Project helping to get Dallas prostitutes off the streets
New Life Opportunities is a project designed to help over 800 female and male prostitutes working in the Dallas area begin to put their lives back together and get off the streets. The project was initiated by the Dallas Police Department and eight social service agencies (including the Stewpot's Community Voice Mail Program) in October of 2007. However, prostitution is not a new problem in the Dallas area...
November 3, 2008
Coalition to End Homelessness Launches Community Voice Mail
On Friday November 7th a formerly homeless Broward resident will retrieve an inaugural voice mail message from the CEO of the Coalition to End Homelessness (Laura Hansen) during the 12th Annual Portrait of the Homeless Luncheon...
October 27, 2008
Community Voice Mail Inspiring the Homeless
In a world where good news is hard to come by and an economy that’s potentially heading into a downturn, encouraging words from Life’s Little Instruction Book can truly be a bright spot in the day for a homeless person...
October, 2008
Community Voice Mail
The Coalition to End Homelessness has taken another huge step in the fight to End Homelessness with the introduction of Community Voice Mail. Launched in July 2008 to serve people in crisis and transition in the greater Ft. Lauderdale area Community Voice Mail is a free, reliable, voice mail service...