Homeless : Needing evaluation assistance on Foothill Aids Project [FAP] housing provided assistance and my individal case.
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Dear Ms. Defrank:
My name is James Driskill. I am person with
HIV/AIDS (PWA) and as of July 16th 2006, I am technically classified
"homeless".
As a person with AIDS, I strongly have views
associated to goals of being self-supportive and even of higher merit
of understanding to achieve the materialization of
self-actualization.
I am contacting you outside of the below address to
Foothill Aids Project [FAP] in relative but subjective needs to assess the "face
validity" or other "validity" measurements of support services currently being "provided" as
explained "only available" to me from PROVIDER
ASSISTANCE IN HIV SUPPORTIVE CARE SERVICES [ RYAN WHITE TITLE I
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I am on SSDI disability of above average
income of $1485/month. [ Raised to $1534.00/month beginning 2007
]
I was forced
into the streets of homelessness from an unlawful eviction case in Oakland CA in
HIV SUPPORTIVE CARE HOUSING to then have the only option to return to family
supportive housing here in San Bernardino while I wait for options to
open.
Instilled here
homeless and still as of the my last week's case manager meeting with
FAP has no status change of being on one single "transitional housing
waiting list" since August 2006.
Case manager
advises to search outside of supportive care services on my own for
"market rate affordability" as it is continued to be explained to me that
nothing is optioned or open for housing assistance except for
this very minor effort attempt of being on a one single waiting list for
transitional housing.
It might also be noted, that my mental health
provided service elements are somewhat to very positive. But even in
this degree, we have discussed the conflict of issues and he also
makes the suggestion to completely abandon "supportive care agency
services" as well for what I assume is his assessment that I have
the aptitude of self-supportive care anyway.
And to question exactly why is this?, we can
wonder. Because of the "informational resources" I reach out to
beyond the incompetence so far addressed to me throughout my history of being
connected to and interacting with providers as a PWA since 1999.
I met with Debbie Mccary at the Pomona Office in
September I do believe --- she was going to sign me up to Shelter Plus Care
program. I made a trip out there for nothing for she had not yet reviewed
my case file to established that I did not qualify for this program due to my
income. I got justifiably angry.
BUT:
In terms of affordability, should it be necessary
to activate the medical element of my medical coverage.... my share of costs are
over $700/month and has no sensibility to activate by paying such fee so
therefore my full medical coverage remains really "OFF THE CLIFF" of a fool's
errand.
I just do not know how to believe anything of
"competence" with HIV SUPPORTIVE CARE SERVICES in GENERAL and FAP
SPECIFICALLY.
Below as a part of this issue, I will introduce and
open to you a single correspondent attempt to communicate any
court defense in my eviction case which failed to be acknowledge
with other issues. This correspondence below has not been previously
shared. This entire situation has fully invalidated me as a
human or any trust I have to a supportive networking system.
Currently, as far as HIV medical care,
that is covered by Aids Healthcare Foundation Upland --- transferred from the
Oakland Clinic aka "The Magic Johnson Center" and I do have medical Part
D. As of this year, apparently ADAP no longer is reimbursing for the
medical share of costs and I am still confused over the entire
mess.
In the current issue of THRIVE EXPRESS [AHF
newsletter] I think they are offering some what of an solution... but still I am
not sure.... for it apparently is out of my reach as well.
From the President: This is not just the holiday
season, it is open enrollment time for Medicare. If you are confused
about how this whole process works, join the club. Fortunately, if you are a
person in Los Angles with HIV who has Medicare, it is simple. Los Angeles is
the only place in the country where Medicare recipients can belong to a HIV
specific plan.
I tried to address this issue last year with HIV
SUPPORTIVE CARE SERVICES with the changes made with Medicare Part D which
includes direct association of my building manager in HIV SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING in December which were ignored.
HIV local community wide, this issue of the
literacy of this specific area was not offered to us.... even to what
degree corporate wide at ABHOW offered in literacy resource [as I have
downloaded from their website last year December and does still remain online
: link ]
was never placed into retrospect down to the residence of our building all of
the way up to the last day of my residency in July even after my attempts to
bring this topic [among others] forward. In my view, this is just
blatant discrimination residence wide and shows somewhat the attitudes local HIV
community wide that I had been dealing with.
And now for the beginning of what is my
ACTIONABLE conduct that results in being evicted and now
homeless...
Thank you for the time to read this.
Advise me to where I should turn for some answers
not silence.
Information About Medicare D -Prescription Drug Coverage Plan With the
arrival of the new Medicare D -Prescription Drug Coverage Plan,
ABHOW staff has information James M. Driskill - 2 messages - May 3
Subject: Street Outreach Worker I : Clarifications : Understanding
the City of Pomona's "Continuum of Care"
Revised major clarification error:
"That is the day when the
actual act initiated by the court clerk substantially caused my rights
of due process to be violated."
Brad: [ First Name Basis apparently at FAP ]
My name is James and I live in the City of San
Bernardino.
I am pausing a moment as I write this to focus and
really think about what I am about to "attempt" to "communicate" to you....
and I am going to timestamp this
pause. [Begin 8:42PM ] [ End 8:52PM ].
I have an outline of thoughts
penciled on a piece of paper.
Let me start by saying I am a client of FAP
here in San Bernardino.
As you read this then, your thought next action of
cause is: "This is not my
responsibility" right?
and just pass it to who is my case manager...
Well, that is already done as addressed
herein, you don't need to pass it to anyone else. Thank you
Please continue reading...
I am one human considered homeless due to an
unlawful eviction case in Oakland California involving the ability to receive a
proper level of PROVIDER ASSISTANCE IN HIV SUPPORTIVE CARE SERVICES both in
residency and as well region wide -- which would be fully identified
as "LOCAL HIV COMMUNITY OAKLAND CA USA".
To understand the full extent of
this identification label:
2:15pm BRIEF REMARKS at Grand Opening of Allen
Temple Manor, 1st U.S.A.HIVSupportive Housing Facility
Celebration Allen Temple Manor, 7607 International ... www.oaklandnet.com/government/mayor/schedules/archives/2001/weekly-schedule-30sept.html
- 12k - Cached - Similar
pages
My style and approach went on for over a year
before my final day of residency of July 15th 2006 and technically my first
day of homeless on July 16th 2006.
That is when I registered the following internet
domains:
This is when I choose to fly back with the
mechanical assistance of an airplane to where I GRUW UP instead of a
promised walk with my human feet step by step with no mechanical assistance
in protest.
That is the place for which I am currently of
"homeless status" and writing out to fully understand what has happened to me to
place me at your doorstep 5 days before Christmas in this year
2006 to get a proper face validity of answers and a new promise walk date of
protest March 1st 2007.
For what remains instilled is my ability to
receive a proper level of PROVIDER
ASSISTANCE IN HIV SUPPORTIVE CARE SERVICES here in San Bernardino as being a
person living with AIDS, on SSDI disability, and instilled homeless from this
unlawful eviction case for this statement is very much provable:
I was unduly labeled as a community pariah and
separated from my ability of homeness and was
successfully outcast into the street.
This for me [and us] is to be separated
from housing is a sentence of death.
This for me [and us] is to be separated from
the network of care [ Continuum of Care ] is a sentence of
death.
Furthermore and strongly I duly need to
address that I HAVE NEVER BEEN DISCONNECTED FROM HIV CASE MANAGEMENT [
network of care ] SINCE FIRST BEING DIAGNOSED WITH AN AIDS STATUS IN 1999.
Any break in services is directly related to the
improper level of managed care in my case, both in of residency and of region
care services.
The policy that effects "housing readiness" locally
that in-part apparently remains me instilled to homeless is profoundly
unfair to my case.
Most generally speaking to it's most extreme MAY effect my health to which that
WILL affect my untimely death.
In my eviction case, my rights of DUE PROCESS in my
ABILITY to secure any legal aid defense [at any level] failed and my rights
of DUE PROCESS VIOLATED.
Continuing on as a person who has spent enormous
thought and process of mechanics to receive a proper level of SUPPORTIVE CARE
SERVICES to claim I have merit of defense was also
VIOLATED by their taking advantage of the circumstances in my
inability to completely understand the system as a defendant IN PRO
PER.
Continuing on, the desperate and force-ability of
their deception efforts was continuous to the final end of the
case.
And as of this date, my
status remains unchanged of homelessness, remains unchecked and/or linked
to any reasonable assessment of timeliness outside of the [ standards of
care ] required of provider service in my individual
case. Remains a sentence of
death.
This is a fact of my personal medical history
during my last "history of homelessness" back in 2002. It
was only 40 days in a homeless shelter but SPIKED MY HIV STATS for which I
never returned back to undetectable status until just last
December. This is when I basically had enough to remain
instilled and encapsulated in fear factors to actually merit
something ACTIONABLE in my ability to receive a proper level of PROVIDER ASSISTANCE IN HIV SUPPORTIVE CARE
SERVICES.
That ACTIONABLE address of course remained ignored,
silenced, and oppressed... but I know the facts of what is wrong and what is
right. And those facts were recorded and given to an outsider named "City
Aids Americas" a project of "city to city exchange" for which the Oakland region
of supportive care services was a target community noted as needing "grassroots
efforts" in which that is exactly at what level I was engaged and instilled
into.
PRESSING ON : For all of my troubles worth, I have
remained so far checked as undetectable HIV status even with the
stress of the actual legal process that began in March out of an act of
"legal necessity" and within state of state of "legal duress" for
which my defense was never able to be heard in court. Of course,
as a civil level legal matter, I was not offered any free court provided
legal assistance.
Does it actually take an criminal act of "legal
necessity" in "legal duress" to get justice from evil?
I would not go that far to a criminal act, as
I told Mr. Horwitz in court that day May 19th.
That is the day when the actual act
initiated by the court clerk substantially caused my rights of due
process to be violated.
But who is next on their target list just
may.
GO FOR IT whoever you are.... if you are
reading this publicly....
PRESSING ON LOCALLY DOWN HERE:
My last blood draw for HIV status
was last week which I should be able to get my results in the days just
after Christmas this year.
My mission is being of sound mind and of sound body
and of sound spirit and of sound principle from a place of sound residence
[preferred: of sound home] before I initiate any "direct
correspondence" with the Inland Empire HIV Planning
Council that results in the types of return asinine
dysfunctional agendas that is all marked up of my inner "life
mission" attempts for more than a year before being swept off into the
streets to death in that final last day of residence in Oakland into
homelessness.
I am giving some sort of your opportunity to find a
face validity of resolve before doing so.
Who has the intelligence around this region to
offer me a proper level of PROVIDER ASSISTANCE IN HIV SUPPORTIVE CARE SERVICES
specially in homeless outreach here in San Bernardino. [ ref: http://fapinfo.org/pdf/sow.pdf ]
If none is available here, we must apply [ standards
of care ] on timeliness to "personally link" me
by referral elsewhere. [ PERIOD :
FACT : TRUTH : NECESSITY ]
It is not my job as a client to perform the duties
myself. [ PERIOD : FACT : TRUTH : NECESSITY
]
But I probably could [ and started doing so
actually ].
But what that leads me to have to be on my
own then have to explain --- the eviction case that is on my
record.
THAT IS COMPLETELY AND INTOLERABLY
UNFAIR!
Thank you for your time to read this client
complaint.
Don't cut me down -- cut me off -- shut me up
--- I deserve a response. I deserve a face validity answer.
Thank you once again for any time ---
FOR I AM PLEADING WITH YOU TO UNDERSTAND ME AND TO
UNDERSTAND MY INDIVIDUAL CASE!
Mr. James M. Driskill
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while YOUR COMPUTER is just sitting IDLE doing nothing ELSE
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