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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work for a food and clothing charity. There are always a few outliers who come to depend upon us even though they aren’t clearly in need. Yes, there’s often mental illness at play. [b]Sometimes, we can drop clients if merited.[/b]
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Don't do this. You have no idea what someone's entire current financial situation is. Any decent charity would rather be more inclusive and risk occasionally being taken advantage of than try to police it too strictly and possibly turn away someone in need.[/quote]

PP quoted. Extreme situations call for dropping a client; abusive or threatening behavior towards staff comes to mind.
Typically, we first explain our mission to clients. I’ve had clients roll up in Land Rovers, BMWs, talking on a new iPhone wearing designer clothes.

We have taken clients off of our “emergency” list if for instance we see them at Costco pushing a full cart or they move out of our service area or buy a home (sorry, you’re not getting g help with your electric if you just bought a $750 home).[/quote]

I have written about this before as has at least one other person. People who run legit hunger outreach realize that people can fall on sudden hard circumstances and donNt penalize new clients for their clothing, cars, or phones.

Likewise, since people might get one time assistance from a friend or relative willing to fill up that Costco cart once, it makes zero sense to drop a client based on that.

Sounds like your charity is in the business of judging people more than feeding them. [/quote]

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