Talaki34
NV is not working because nothing changes except some of the faces. Every resource provided from the outside is for keeping them going from one calamity to the next. People who have done crisis intervention know that you have to move beyond just dealing with immediate needs and events. This often means tough choices.
To move beyond crisis intervention the classification of individuals who are homeless has to happen. It must be determined who wants to be helped with services (Then subcategorized into what type of services) and those who don’t want any help/prefer living on the fringes of society. Once this happens, things can begin to change.
Plans can begin to be formulated for housing, education, medical care and mental health services. Communities can effectively channel their resources to those that can best benefit from their time and money. Police, Fire, other city services and the Feds (Veterans) can better assist those that want the help.
Grouping all homeless people together is such a disservice to those who want to get out. I personally feel that in an effort to be politically correct we are undermining the very people we profess we want to help. As hard as it is we have to stop spending time, money and resources on those that cannot benefit and move it to those that can.