I think pairing up with religious groups on a mission (yes, it's
  free workers) has been one one of the directions that has been
  used in the past. However, as traditional and even novel
  religious groups have been dwindling in number, the pairing up
  with Salvation Army and other like it are becoming less and less
  possible.

  I believe part of the problems lies in the handling of
  statistics. "The Homeless" are fine as a broad category, but
  then there needs to be proper subcategories, each of which
  tackled independently.

  You have the temporarily disenfranchised: The "every American's
  nightmare" scenario and what keeps ppl paying their rents and
  mortgages.

  Then you have people who don't have the necessary support
  structure in place. They had mental hospitals years ago, which
  had their OWN host of unspeakable problems but I see no reason
  to go back to that model.

  Group homes _generally_ seem to work, with a house
  mother/father, although then NIMBY comes into play.

  So, what looks good on paper might have a domino effect into
  unexpected areas. I WANT to believe the report, but I think it
  sugarcoats.

  Still, it's worthy to try. But I think they need to upgrade the
  social services. They're overbooked as it is. I don't think they
  have room for added burden, which they ALREADY have had to shift
  off to volunteer / low-pay helps for several decades now, at
  least since the 1980s.

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