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Turning Phone
Lines into Lifelines
Community Voice
Mail (CVM) is a personal voice mail box individuals can use to
retrieve voice mail messages from
employers, school teachers,
medical staff, landlords, family and others.
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CVM provides a personal, secure 10–digit
voice mail box number. CVM sounds just like an answering
machine, allowing users to leave a professional and customized
greeting for callers. A CVM number looks like a phone number, and
does not signal the user’s status. The CVM number assigned will
be in the same area code as the user.
Retrieving messages is easy. Users
simply dial their 10-digit number from any touch-tone phone and
enter a short PIN number. Users can then hear their messages 24
hours a day, seven days a week.
Users can check messages from anywhere
that works for them: pay phones, social service agencies or the
homes of friends and family.
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CVM provides a private
and secure way for individuals without phone service to receive
messages. This is crucial for
people who are seeking jobs, housing,
healthcare and safety from domestic abuse\crisis situations. The
service is free of charge to individuals who qualify.
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CVM numbers are
distributed to individuals pursuing a goal of work, housing,
healthcare, or safety from domestic violence who have a
demonstrated financial need or lack of reliable phone service.
Once goals are achieved, the voice mail service is discontinued.
Examples of
people who use CVM include:
Homeless Individuals
Unemployed/underemployed workers
Displaced homemakers
Victims of abuse
Low income families
At-risk senior citizens
Many more
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CVM is available through JVS and a variety of
human service agencies throughout metropolitan Detroit. For more
information, call (313) 833-8100.
The Michigan Community Voice
Mail program is part of the national network
of CVM sites headquartered in Seattle, WA. For information, visit
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