pknopp
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- Jul 22, 2019
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For a homeless person, "Help Wanted" signs are not going to help.
Where do they shower before going in to look for a job? Where do they get decent clothes?
And when they fill out the application, what do they put in the Address space?
And if they get the job, where do they deposit or cash their check? And do you really want them to carry their whole paycheck on them when they sleep on the streets?
And what help do they get for their mental health issues and addiction problems?
It is not just seeing Help Wanted signs that will cure the problem.
There used to be a small tent city near where I live. I used to take packs of socks down and hand them out. Most people were appreciative. A couple people did have jobs. I don't know how they arranged it but I remember one guy going to his job as a cook somewhere.
Another guy I would talk to seemed reasonable and pretty normal. We spoke about a place we both were familiar with back in the 70's. He would be pretty rational and then he would tell me how he has camara's on top of the light polls along the highway that he can monitor things in the camp from so don't be messing with things.
Some were addicts, some mentally ill and some simply didn't perform well in a structured environment.