ONE YEAR - AND BEYOND - Softcover

Hofer, Thomas K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1440148473 ISBN 13: 9781440148477

Publisher: iUniverse, 2009

Synopsis

In this book, I am describing a happy year that I spent at Hope House, New Orleans, helping needy people and, as such, also the community. The year that I spent working there was full of experiences that enriched my life in several ways, and also made me feel good about my work for others. I also found a renewed love for New Orleans, a city that had formed my life for the past 43 years.

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About the Author

I am qualified to write this book because it describes my experience with New Orleans, the year that I worked for Hope House at New Orleans, the several experiences that I had while working there, and the efforts I made to save or renew the grant that helped pay my salary as well as the efforts we made to help needy people, and how my efforts failed. Inasmuch as I was the case manager for that program, known as homeless prevention, I was one of the central figures in this situation; thus, I am able to decribe the situation.The experience started as a happy one, with me having a job that I liked after five months of hanging in limbo following an unjust termination from another job. I really liked my work at Hope House, had a happy work environment, and felt I was doing something useful for needy people as they either faced eviction and subsequent homelessness or were homeless but had found a place to stay and needed help with their deposits. While on the job, I had several other experiences, both good and bad ones, all of which I feel like sharing. I also am making several observations about New Orleans and its lack of progress in rebuilding after Katrina, becasue that impacted our work at Hope House as well.I was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1947. In 1955, as an eight-year old boy, I moved with my parents to Giessen, Germany, where I was unitl 1965 whern they and I moved to New Orleans, Louisiana. I graduated from Tulane University, New Orleans, in May 1976. In May 1979, I started my social service career as an eligibility worker with the State of Louisiana, Department of Social Services, working with welfare recipients. In August 1989, I moved to Orlando, Florida, to work in child protection. Then, in 1997, I returned to New Orleans to work in several positions at Covenant House New Orleans. Covenant House abruptly terminated my employment in July 2007, and in November of that same year, Hope House hired me as a case manager in its homeless prevention program after

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1440148473
• ISBN 13: 9781440148477
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 148