Community Assistance Network Inc

The location in Parkville, Maryland is a joke and need to be shut down. I went to them for eviction help spoke with Ms Motley, she told me they are not able to help because I don’t have income coming in to cover my monthly bills. Which does not make any sense when you’re 2 weeks away from losing your place. My question is, if I had income coming in, why would I even need your help? Make it make sense! That was the dumbest thing I ever heard

As a former resident/client of the Community Assistance Network (CAN) Eastside Emergency Family Shelter in Rosedale, Maryland located at 9150 Franklin Square Drive, I can express with certain that any donation made should be labeled with a defined use or requested to deliver personal to the residents themselves. From staff to management to upper management, us as residents have personally witnessed theft of donations of food, personal care items, clothing, gift cards, etc., This past Christmas, residents were limited to 3 donated items each, while RAs (staff) drove home with their trunks, backseats, and front seats filled will dozens of donated items Between July 2022 thru January 2023. Singles suffer the most when it comes to getting necessities they need, as singles are treated as if they shouldn't be homeless or displaced. This is why it's always best to donate, not our of habit/tax breaks, yet from the heart, this way when the items are not delivered to the intended party (homeless residents/clients), the punishment from God would be that much great to thoughts stealing with no thought to the face that they are actually committing crime. And yes, there's physical proof as there are cameras in the areas these thief's took place

Having been a recent, long-term client at CAN's Westside Men's Shelter (WSS)--for nearly five (5) years--I can testify on behalf of the preceeding contributor. The theft of donations intended for clients has been an on-going problem at WSS. I stood by helplessly (I thought) as staff, including top supervisors, gleefully took whatever they wanted--food, cases of sodas, clothing, gift_bags loaded with toiletries, cold weather gear, backpacks stuffed with clothes and other items desperately needed by their homeless clients, some whose only belo.ngings were the raggedy garments on their backs.

But I was wrong about being helpless. I got the phone numbers of CAN's top brass, as well as for the Baltimore County big shot who controlled the shelter's funding. After passing the info along, we lit a fire under the butts of said big shots. Several months later, the manager, assisstant manager, and a few employees were summarily fired for theft, misuse of CAN vehicles (used to ferry alcoholic staff and volunteers to their favorite saloon.

Sadly, not long afterward, the new management team started committing the same (criminal?) offenses.

And the absolutely disgusting reality is, these salaried employees are stealing from the truly needy--homeless men who were depending on CAN to help them get back on their feet.

This is truly sad, indeed.

LESTER,
West Baltimore





I searched the internet and located the phone numbers and addresses of the top managers at CAN, as well as the Baltimore County supervisor in the office of Community Development

This organization does not distribute donations of food and clothing to the homeless in their shelters. The shelter managers and staff have been photographed taking food and clothing home with them. The shelter staff steals from the homeless! Inside the CAN shelters, there is no Television and no Radio. They want to seclude the homeless in their shelters so management can control the homeless. All homeless people are not uneducated, drunks and drug addicts, yet the residents of the CAN run shelters are all treated as though they have no skills and are all thiefs. Residents of the CAN shelters see FRAUD, WASTE, and ABUSE being perpertraited by CAN staff every day. I have donated many hours and dollars to the EASTSIDE shelter and I have seen enough!!! I will no longer donate my time, tallents, and money to any CAN organization... AND I will tell everyone I know about the CAN corruption.