Laurie Jewett

Places like Southwestern Community Services offer classes to help people get their finances back on track, but often people need to hit rock bottom before awakening to that reality, said Laurie Jewett, the director of homeless services at SCS.

Laurie Jewett of Southwest Community Services said many of her clients in South Acworth are at or below poverty levels and need access to services through the phone.She said there needs to be a better mechanism in place to notify the public of the termination of these pay phones and that the commission should develop standard notification.

Attending Monday's hearing were state Sen.