If you're looking to get a job, you need a way for a potential employer to contact you.  To do this, you need a phone number.  Here's how one company is helping the homeless get back on their feet.

Dan Stalinski has been living on the streets for 10 years.  He says he feels like he's  in a bind because he can't look for a job because he doesn't have a phone.  Many employers like to set up an interview for later. 

He's one of Yuma's many homeless yearning for a job, but lacking the sources he needs.  He says, "I think if I had a phone number where people could call me on a regular basis and I could check my voicemail, my morale would be much better than it is now."

Soon his morale will get a boost, thanks to Google's Project Care.  Google's Senior Product Manager says, "Project Care is a program where we give a local telephone number and voicemail to the homeless."

He also says a contact number is a necessity when it comes to securing a job.  "The first thing they see on the job application is that they ask for their phone number, and they'd be leaving that blank."

Currently, Stalinski relies on Crossroads Mission to take his phone messages, but relying on someone else, is simply tough.

John Concannon, the director of Crossroads Mission, says, "We have a bulletin board here so when we get calls we ask them to leave a note and we put it on the bulletin board.  That's probably the only type of communication we have."

Concannon says Google's new idea will help the homeless more than Crossroad Mission's bulletin board.  He thinks there have been a lot of missed job opportunities. 

And job opportunities aren't the only thing homeless miss.  They often go years without contacting family.

Walker says, "When they lose their home, not only do they lose where they sleep, they also lose their physical mailing address and they lose any solid way to communicate with the outside world."

Right now, the only way Stalinski can call home is with money he doesn't have.  "I sometimes buy a phone card and I'm able to call my father."

With the help of Project Care, Stalinski can go for jobs, and maintain relationships.  To help people like Stalinski get back on their feet, Google plans on launching a website, providing any homeless person with a free phone number.

Walker says their goal is hopefully at some point in the near future to have that up and running with numbers available in virtually every place in the country.

Currently, 4,000 phone numbers have been given out in the San Francisco area.  The program's expected in the Desert Southwest within the year.