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Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale
It seriously costs the city 100k a year per homeless person?
Offer every single homeless addict actually dignified rehab (I've personally seen first hand what is on offer and it the farthest thing from dignified), then assisted living, and with first weekly, bi-weekly, and then monthly drug testing offer 20% of that (so 20k) as a carrot after a year sober to be put towards school/job training.
But Trad! Why should addicts get a free 20k for education when I did everything right and have to pay for it myself!?
Because you don't have a terrible disease and debilitating mental illness. Stop comparing yourself to the lowest of low like its somehow an injustice your basic standard of existence isn't a wretched hell.
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Here is the thing, my understanding is that most cities have a fund for homelessness, and they take bids from 'Non-Profit Organizations' who are going to receive those funds in order to take an active part in dealing with the homeless situation.
I think you can see where this is going? Good ol' 'Trickle-Down Economics?'
So they contract the 'Non-Profit' who allocates the funds (after expenses...of course) and then bills the City who calculate it as a line-item on their Balance Sheet.