Turning Phone Lines Into Life Lines
Community Voice Mail helps people living in poverty, transition and homelessness rebuild their lives by connecting them to jobs, housing, information and hope.  

How Does It Work?
CVM users receive a local phone number and record their own personalized greeting.  They have the ability to receive/retrive messages 24hrs a day from any phone.  The system sounds like a regular phone with voice mail capacity to outside callers.  Users can utilize the services to aid them in achieving multiple goals:

• Employment
• Housing
• Education
• Safe Communication
• Social Services
• Accessing Public Benefits
• Health Care
• Contacting Family
• And More!

Easy to Distribute and Use
Volunteers of America enrolls local agencies and trains case managres on how to distribute voice mail boxes to their clients.  You need only a few minutes and a touch-tone phone to issue a CVM number to your client.  Your client walks out the door with a new phone number and is immediately empowered with the tangible tool they need to succeed!   

Who Uses CVM?
Community Voice Mail partners with thousands of agencies across the U.S. to serve those in crisis and transition:

• Job Seekers
• Homeless
• Domestic Violence Survivors 
• Veterans
• Foster Youth
• Natural Disaster Victims                               

                
No Access to a Phone? - Its a Larger Barrier than You Might Think
Just ask Ken, a hard-working local man who connected with the Volunteers of America Community Voice Mail program.  A voice mail box enabled him to find short-term construction contracts and odd jobs, moving him from his truck into an apartment, and onto the road of financial independence.

This Snohomish County resource is part of a larger national effort.  Today Community Voice Mail operates in 45 cities across the country and serves an average of 40,000 people a year.  Innovative and practical, Community Voice Mail connects individuals with resources to help them attain self-sufficiency three times faster than those without.  It serves as a link for people in crisis and transition, empowering them through access to vital services and employment. 

Need Community Voice Mail?
To receive a FREE voice mail box please visit: Volunteers of America, 1230 Broadway, Everett, M-W 9am-3pm.  For more information or to find out about more locations around Snohomish County, email us or call 425-259-3191.  

Click here to visit the National Community Voice Mail website, or visit the Community Voice Mail page on You Tube to learn about how the Community Voice Mail program is changing lives for people across the country.

Current Partner Agencies in Snohomish County

Darrington
Community Family Support Center

Everett
Bridgeways
Catholic Community Services
Center for Career Alternatives
Cocoon House
Compass Health Employment
DSHS CSO
DSHS HCS
Everett Gospel Mission Men’s Shelter  
Everett Gospel Mission Women’s Shelter
Housing Hope
Service Alternatives
TRAC Associates USA Foundation, RSVP
VOA Emergency Services
VOA Shelter Intake
Work First Employment Security
Work Source

Lake Stevens
Lake Stevens Family Center

Lynnwood
DSHS DVR Office
DSHS GAU
Pathways for Women YWCA
Work First Employment Security
Work Source

Marysville
Compass Health North
Goodwill

Monroe
DSHS CSO
Everett CC Monroe ESL
Take the Next Step

Mount Vernon
Youth Net

Smokey Point
DSHS CSO

Stanwood
Stanwood Family Resource Center

Sultan
Sky Valley Community Resource Center

Become a Partner Agency
To find out more about Community Voice Mail or become a partner agency with Snohomish County Community Voice Mail, please call: (425) 259-3191 x13001 or email: sayele@voaww.org  

Join Us In Thanking these Businesses and Community Supporters

The following organizations have provided major funding to Volunteers of America Community Voice Mail, serving residents of Snohomish County 

• United Way of Snohomish County  
• City of Everett   
• Community Voice Mail National