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The homeless issue is unfortunate (enormous understatement) and it's even worse when it's Vets or children. There are folks that prefer to be homeless as hard as that may be to believe. I suspect many/most of those have issues (mental health and/or substance abuse) and then they are, I'm sure lots of other folks that would rather NOT be homeless but don't know how to fix the problem.

They all need support. I suspect in many cases, they need to ask for support. It's possible that no one in the position to help knows that they need support. It's also possible that it's not simple/quick/easy to provide support.

I don't generally give to homeless. I've known folks that would buy food and take it to homeless, and the homeless would be pissed because they didn't want food, they wanted money. I've also known "homeless" folks that weren't actually homeless, they were just beggars. I would be willing to give to homeless if I knew that my gift would actually help. But if my gift was going to fund substance use or other non-useful/helpful/positive items, then I'm not doing it. I suspect that many/most folks given money, would not use the money to get ahead.