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Community Voice Mail is personalized, confidential and easy to use. Here’s how it works:

Working with a CVM provider, John is given an instruction card and a touch-tone phone to use.

1.He dials in
2.Records a simple greeting
3.Creates his secure password
4.He’s reconnected! Enrollment usually takes under 3 minutes. John walks out the door with a new phone number – and is immediately empowered w

ith the tangible tool he needs to succeed. How Easy Is CVM To Use? Using The New Phone Number Is Easy: All you need is access to a touch-tone phone. Once their new phone number is active, users can check messages from anywhere that works for them: pay phones, social service agencies, or the homes of friends and family. For those users with email addresses, a notification can be sent to their email inbox alerting them to the fact that they have a voice mail message. A CVM number looks like any other local telephone number and therefore does not signal the client’s status as a homeless or phoneless person. In this way, CVM users are able to reflect the stability and credibility associated with having a personal home answering machine. We Recycle: Community Voice Mail numbers are distributed based on demonstrated financial need, lack of reliable phone service, or pursuit of a goal for work, housing, healthcare, or safety from domestic violence. Once goals are achieved, the phone number is recycled to the next available subscriber. In this way, a single voice mailbox number can be used 2-3 times per calendar year. Often the line between a job interview and a job offer can be as thin as a telephone cord. Community Voice Mail can turn a job search into job acceptance; help an apartment application become a place to live; and keep parents connected to teachers, doctors, friends and family.