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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All you can (or should) do is help him navigate the system that cares for poor people. [/quote]

No such thing. [/quote]

Exactly.  You will quickly find that there are few safety nets in this country, especially for people with mental illness.  Thank Reagan voters and everyone who followed.  [/quote]

Section 8? Food stamps? Heating and cooling assistance? All exist right here. [/quote]

Section 8 prioritizes families, and for an elderly mentally ill white man, he will die before he gets housing.

Food stamps? Great just send them your current address.  Heating assistance? Great tell us you’re utility provider. COOLING assistance? 99% that is not a thing (and I’m from Florida), all you get are cooling centers (ie fire hydrants and open homeless shelters).

He should have a VA pension maybe? Any social security? Assuming he gets maybe $500/month, he should be able to rent a room in a group house somewhere, though maybe that is no longer a thing after Airbnb.

But under no circumstances let him live with you. [/quote]

Huh, so cooling assistance does exist now, what do you know. [/quote]

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