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"Just livin' day by day"
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Where I live, I always seem to hear at least one homeless person dying because of the frigid cold and snow every year. It sad. Whats even more sad is the few who refuse shelter no matter the weather conditions. Also a registered sex offender cannont live within 1,000 ft. of a school even in a homeless shelter.
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Originally Posted by slingshot
Too bad, so sad. He/she should picked a different vocation.
Agreed. A few ago, a homeless man who had died was a registered sex offender. And it wasn't a case of getting caught peeing behind a tree in public. or "Romeo and Juliet" love story.
Many homeless people have moved to San Francisco, Portland and Seattle not only to take advantage of the milder weather, but the social programs those cities have that benefit the homeless. The homeless in Portland ride the trains down to Phoenix in the winter.
I worked with homeless people for years via a community mental health program. The sad fact is that most of them have mental health issues that in previous times would have landed them in a mental health facility.
Now, thanks to deinstitutionalization they are left to wander the world on their own, with the occasional psych tech urging them to take their medication.
When we closed the state psychiatric hospitals, it was with the understanding that community mental services would support these folks in living in the community. Funding has been minimal and services have never been able to meet the need.
About half those in jail actually belong in a mental health facility. Jails have picked up where psych hospitals left off.
Instead of shaming the homeless for the strange choices they make, we ought to be ashamed of how we care for those with mental health issues.
Last edited by GotHereQuickAsICould; 11-23-2014 at 11:51 AM..
I worked with homeless people for years via a community mental health program. The sad fact is that most of them have mental health issues that in previous times would have landed them in a mental health facility.
Now, thanks to deinstitutionalization they are left to wander the world on their own, with the occasional psych tech urging them to "take their medication."
When we closed the state psychiatric hospitals, it was with the understanding that community mental services would support these folks in living in the community. Funding has been minimal and services have never been able to meet the need.
About half those in jail actually belong in a mental health facility. Jails have picked up where psych hospitals left off.
Instead of shaming the homeless for the strange choices they make, we ought to be ashamed of how we care for those with mental health issues.
Thank-you, for pointing that out.
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He/she shoulda picked a different vocation.