The complaint describes a desperate situation: The institution charged with managing almost all of your financial decisions won’t give you enough of your own money to pay rent. “My rent is $380. So I know I had more monies available,” reads a handwritten ...
30 Dec 2014 - Jake Thomas
It could have happened in any town in any state. The checks were supposed to be deposited and used to pay for rent, utilities, food and other necessities for a disabled individual. The official report found otherwise. In 2012, an investigator from Columbi ...
8 May 2014 - Jake Thomas
The walls at Safety Net of Oregon, a nonprofit that once helped disabled people manage their federal benefits, are usually covered with collages and fake flowers. But now the plaster walls are bare except for a sign stating that there will be no tolerance ...
10 Apr 2014 - Jake Thomas