Come and have coffee with me and let’s chat about the ins and outs of navigating social services. One of the ways I’ve kept busy during my time off is by being there for my friends. While I’ll never be the one who has a bunch of extra money, I’ll always be the one willing to bring some coffee and your favorite pastry and sit with you while we figure things out. In the last 7 months I’ve assisted with job searches for people who have been laid off, quit, graduated, and gone back to school; I’ve helped people apply for SNAP, TANF, WIC, and state insurance; I’ve assisted people in finding local resources for those struggling with homelessness, those who have left abusive situations and those in varied levels of divorce. All of those things are scary and part of makes them scary is not knowing how to do them so let’s sit here and figure it out together. Even if you never need any of the resources the likelihood you know someone who May is high so let’s drink our coffee and get some documents together.