| The
Stewpot's Community Voice Mail Program provides FREE
voice mail service to people without phones seeking jobs, housing,
healthcare or safety. Why?
Access to communication is vital to reclaiming stability,
yet is often overlooked as a means to help people in need.
How Does It Work?
Community Voice Mail (CVM) provides people in need with a
personal, 10–digit phone number. CVM sounds just like
an answering machine, allowing users to leave a personal and
professional greeting for callers. A CVM phone number looks
like any other number, and does not signal the user’s
status. Retrieving messages is easy. Simply dial the 10-digit
number from any touch-tone phone and enter a short PIN number.
Users can then hear messages 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The
Stewpot's Community Voice Mail program is part of the CVM
national network of sites, empowering people in crisis and
transition by distributing free 24-hour voice mail nationwide
– directly linking individuals to jobs, housing, safety
and stability. CVM National Office website: CVM.org.
Broadcast Messaging
5 - 10 job listings are broadcast to each CVM client daily. In 2008 over 800 job listings were broadcast and there will be more than that in 2009. As many as 50% of these job listings are with companies that will consider hiring ex-offenders.
Results
Read
about The Stewpot’s very first client and his success
Why
Do People
Use CVM? |
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Who
Will Call Your
CVM Number? |
- Jobs
- Housing
- Escape
domestic abuse
- Obtain
healthcare results
- Childcare
& School Contacts
-
Legal Services
- Friends
& Family
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- Employers
- Landlords
- Case
Managers
- Healthcare
Professionals
- Teachers
& Child Workers
- Lawyers
or Advocates
- People
Who Care About You
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