Comments on: HUD’s World AIDS Day Commemoration: A Look to the Future http://blog.aids.gov/2011/12/hud%e2%80%99s-world-aids-day-commemoration-a-look-to-the-future.html HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media. Wed, 15 May 2013 18:33:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mike Culver http://blog.aids.gov/2011/12/hud%e2%80%99s-world-aids-day-commemoration-a-look-to-the-future.html#comment-91002 Mike Culver Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:38:17 +0000 http://blog.aids.gov/?p=4708#comment-91002 I love being a HOPWA provider. My clients are some of the strongest, most courageous folks I’ll ever meet and housing them is just the right thing to do. It would be even better if it paid a living wage. Having to be concerned about preserving shelter does create empathy, not that I lack it, but the struggle takes intellectual and emotional resources I could be using for clients. Attracting and retaining the best is part of best-practices, plain, good, ethical client service. Retain me, please and increase salaries to a living wage.

Respectfully,
Mike Culver
Social Worker,
Certified Housing Counselor,
Certified Pastoral Counselor
TBRA

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