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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was told by the head of a DC homeless shelter where I volunteered, that something like 95% of the homeless are mentally ill.

A friend's father is homeless. She grew up in an upper middle class home in Westchester. Her father had some mental break and left the family. She and her siblings have been trying for years to get him housed and with a job, but no matter what they do, he abandons the apartment and job and ends up back on the street. They are at a loss.

My point is that a lot of this is mental health and we need huge resources to fix it. 
To those who say lock up all the homeless and the addicts, then what? The police could round up everyone on the streets of SF and then the court and jail systems are overrun and most will be let out on bail or technicalities anyway. Prison is no place for the mentally ill. And addicts need their own treatment. 
It's about so much more than finding homes. [/quote]

When someone is so mentally ill that he won't take the treatment offered, then require longterm hospitalization or supervised group home care.[/quote]

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