Hi all. I'm officially applying the defibrillator on this blog. Before now, I was broken on whether or not to blog. I believe in blogs that are useful and timely to read. I do not believe in reading/writing blogs when they fail to serve a purpose that is relevant to me. (Sounds egocentric.) But seriously, when I thought, "Hey, I should blog" what would really happen would be me thinking about what to blog about, then realizing that my life does not have an x factor that would warrant blogging about, then wallowing in self-pity for leading an average lifestyle.
Well, that has changed in the past week. Monday was my first day working at the City Rescue Mission in downtown Oklahoma City. I'd love to tell you what my job title is, but the honest truth is that I don't even know what it is. My supervisors do not know what it is, either. What I can tell you with certainty is that I will be working with a federally-funded grant called Access to Recovery (ATR). The City Rescue Mission (or CRM) has never before received any sort of state or federal money before now. I will be overseeing the execution of the grant, and interview literally every client that walks though the doors at CRM and determine if they qualify for federal vouchers. CRM will qualify for these vouchers too, based on the services that they offer the clients. The hope is that my position will be funded by the billing that we turn in to the ATR offices for the services that the Mission offers.
With the new job, I will be talking to lots of homeless, marginalized, addicts, and others. I figure I should take a page from Josh's fun in the ER and keep my blog up to date with stories from work.
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