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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are all of these inane posts coming from the same insecure McLean Gardens resident?

This shelter will be temporarily housing homeless families.

Not the long-term mentally ill homeless.

I hope the folks who are posting about pan-handling realize that [b]most homeless are actually employed full time?[/b]

And the point of quickly getting them into transitional housing is to keep them employed and thus capable of paying their own way so they don't become part of the long term homeless crowd and so that their children's educations aren't interrupted.

But McLean Gardens go ahead and keep it classy and paranoid on here![/quote]

Interesting point. Do you have any kind of citation or source for this statistic as it applies to DC homeless families (the ones under discussion here). Thanks! [/quote]

I agree with you PP, and I am still awaiting this statistic that has been cited many times on this thread. If most of the residents are working as asserted, then that would go a long way towards the families moving towards permanent homes. I would add a savings plan and financial literacy classes to the mix. If the city could create a savings matching program that would be very helpful to moving people to independence rather than warehousing them. I am seeking the city's plan on how these small shelters will be any more imaginative or well serviced or have legitimate requirements like you mention than the big poorly ministered one they ran (that was presumably FAR easier to run since it was centralized). Where are the details?[/quote]

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