We can choose to treat the homeless with respect. Homeless individuals in larger cities may include the working poor, so one meaningful way to prevent homelessness is to support reasonable working conditions. Others may not be able to provide suitable housing for their needs. Supporting community mental health and addictions agencies can also help to prevent homelessness. Organizations that provide hot meals, such as "Out of the Cold", are other good choices. By not necessarily starting up homeless shelters but having programs in the communities to help these people. Allot of the homeless either have mental issues or drug and alcohol issues and they have to wait for months to get into programs to help them and by then the people don't want
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It would be get, if you are somewhere cold right now, that you can buy gloves, socks and hats at a dollar store which they cost a dollar each and give them out to the people who need them. Give them any other clean clothes you want as well, including underwear. Also providing them with food and drinks too would be a great way to help. Some of the homeless individuals get dehydrated because all they could drink is coffee when they can afford it. Other ways to help out the homeless maybe buying then things like toothbrush and toothpaste can be useful. Wouldn’t really be a good idea to give some of the homeless money because it can be traded for drugs? There are a lot of churches that help the homeless by cooking hot meals for them. Most of the homeless individuals share a common misfortune, many any are on drugs that make them psychotic, most are mentally ill and should be treated, or most have had a really traumatic childhood that caused their problems and many have physical illnesses too, including hepatitis and other communicable diseases. Most homeless shelters have become very violent over the years and most chronic homeless people do not stay there. However, you could volunteer to work at a homeless shelter in your area like the Salvation Army and work to change the conditions at the
It would be get, if you are somewhere cold right now, that you can buy gloves, socks and hats at a dollar store which they cost a dollar each and give them out to the people who need them. Give them any other clean clothes you want as well, including underwear. Also providing them with food and drinks too would be a great way to help. Some of the homeless individuals get dehydrated because all they could drink is coffee when they can afford it. Other ways to help out the homeless maybe buying then things like toothbrush and toothpaste can be useful. Wouldn’t really be a good idea to give some of the homeless money because it can be traded for drugs? There are a lot of churches that help the homeless by cooking hot meals for them. Most of the homeless individuals share a common misfortune, many any are on drugs that make them psychotic, most are mentally ill and should be treated, or most have had a really traumatic childhood that caused their problems and many have physical illnesses too, including hepatitis and other communicable diseases. Most homeless shelters have become very violent over the years and most chronic homeless people do not stay there. However, you could volunteer to work at a homeless shelter in your area like the Salvation Army and work to change the conditions at the