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:: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 ::
Do Not Charge Homeless to Obtain ID's Back
Posted by Mr. Cheng with (374) Comments
Many homeless people I helped had a similar problem that they lost their ID's, and it costs them to get a replacement yet have no money to apply for. Without ID's such as birth certificate, social security card, state ID's ...etc, it is hard for homeless on street to find a job. For example, in order to apply for birth certificate, one has to contact the Vital Records Office of the born state, and I have helped a homeless citizen living outdoors at Florida not able to come up $26 fee to obtain birth certificate back from Michigan State. And even worse, it took him weeks to wait for a foundation in Texas which claimed can help the fee but never deliver. As you can see the difficulty the $26 fee the Vital Records Office charges can impact a homeless citizen.
There are many other difficulties of homeless when they lost their ID's, yet can not afford to reapply for them. Look at how difficult Tracy trying to help a homeless person at New York City but able to get emergency cash assistance over thru Western Union due to the fact the homeless person did not have ID's.
We also gone thru the hassel to get a Greyhound bus ticket to a homeless person got stuck in New York City whose car was stolen when traveling to the city and lost all his ID's. Since the sponsor purchased a one way ticket to Malcom GA over phone for the homeless person to pickup, yet he had no ID's to identify himself. Eventually, we had to issue a password to Greyhound so that he could pick up the ticket with the password.
:: Mr Cheng 2:29 AM [+] ::
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