Community Voice Mail (CVM) provides free,

24 hour access to voice mail for people in

transition and crisis directly linking them to
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jobs, housing, and hope. It is a free service
for people who have a case manager.

The CVM Summit program is part of the

national network of CVM sites, empowering
people living in poverty, transition and
homelessness rebuild their lives by
connecting them to jobs, housing,
information and hope.  We do this by
customizing and distributing communications
technology via a network of community-
based services.

Users receive a personal phone number (with

a 330 area code) and create their own
personal greeting. The have the ability to
retrieve/receive messages 24 hours a day
from any phone. Only the user will be able to
hear messages. The system sounds like a
regular phone with voice mail capacity.

Info Line Inc. trains case managers on how

to instruct consumers to use CVM. Enrolling
takes approximately 10 Minutes!

If you are interested in learning more about

CVMS please call 330-315-1349 or email
mgibbs@infolineinc.org

THANK YOU
 Our program is funded by foundation grants,
government, and generous individuals from “II couldn’t get in touch with clients. Employers
community members like you. couldn’t get in touch wit h “””be so frustrating—
If you are a local agency interested in learning just an enormous amount of “CVM allows us
more, becoming a partner or donating to the to leave messages for our clients
Community Voice Mail Summit program please without undue delays, and for our clients
contact Mike Gibbs by email to stay in touch with progress or
mgibbs@infolineinc.org or by phone at questions. This allows us to serve more
330-315-1349. clients in a more efficient manner.”

Sandra Jeffries, BA PACE Program

CVMS is available in Summit County with the
generous support of:

Charter One Bank

Cisco Foundation
City of Barberton “That’s the magic of voicemail. It

Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation seems like such a small thing. I can
tell you—it’s huge.”
United Way of Summit County
OMNOVA Solutions Foundation
Summit County
Welty Foundation

By placing this simple but critical tool “Since I got Community Voice Mail,
in the hands of people in need,
A Community partnership turning phone lines everything changed. Everything
Every other social service
into lifelines became possible. I was able to find
immediately Becomes accessible.
A Program of work and find a home. It gave me a

new start on life.”

Ginny, once homeless

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You only need a few minute and a touch-

tone phone to issue a CVMS Number.

CVMS empowers people to take control of

their lives. It is used by people using case
1.
2. The client
Records a dials
simplein greeting management services with partnering
agencies to accomplish goals in areas of:
3. Creates a secure password
■ Housing ■ Safe communications

4. The client is reconnected! ■ Employment ■ Contacting family

■ Health care ■ Legal Services

■ Social services ■ Education

Who Uses CVMS?

CVMS is for individuals that:

■ do not have a phone,

■ Have a phone but no answering machine,

■ Have a cell phone but with limited

minutes, or

■ are living in a potentially abusive

situation

Once you are assigned and set up with your

CVMS number you can record a message
for people when they call. You can give it
out to employers, landlords, case workers,
family, friends, and others. There is no limit
on how much or little you use it. You will be
assigned a personal password to call and
Community Voice Mail Summit partners with
use the system.
many community organizations serving those
in crisis and transition:

Homeless – Domestic Violence – Veteran’s

Unemployed – Foster Youth – Natural

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