Wilmington ten year plan to end homelessness

I help at our church with homeless feedings. Thank you for the statistics you provided. Maybe some of these people need to participate in an afternoon feeding outside Grace church on Saturday at 12:00. Witness the woman, children, and families that are fed. We are currently feeding on average 140 people. This is double the amount last year. When a family is struggling to pay bills, the first item they cut back is food. Open your eyes people.

After reading the comments on homelessness I do understand how the population of homelessness got out of hand and is a hot topic. Peter had an excuse for Paul Paul blamed them all but John John refused to listen to Peters' excuse 'cause Paul told John it was Peters fault. If and when they (Peter, Paul and John)realize that passing the buck or participating in the blame game makes situations and circumstances worst They may come together as one to create solutions, brainstorm ideas such as homeless shelters, communial living or shared living quarters OOps forgive me, I am sorry to inject ideas for this is Peter, Paul and John task After all this is there city.

Research conducted by the Interagency Council on Homelessnes. Research gathered by the Church of the painful truth provides the following statistics. You expect us to believe questions answered by the urban outdoorsman. Of course they don't drink.......gulp..gulp. No one chooses the homeless life..outright falsehood. 32% have college degrees...then they're stupid, and you can't fix stupid. 40% are employed. How did you interview them on the job. (panhandling and standing at the intersection with a sign are not professions). 16% are children. That's what foster homes are for. If the parents can't afford a home, meals, clean running water, the children are being ABUSED. "At least try to be educated". Thankfully I'm educated enough not to buy into another give away feel good program based on ridiculous data gathered beneath an overpass. We have domestic violence organizations that provide temp assistance to women that are victims of domestic violence. All of these statistics can be supported by research conducted by the Interagency Council on Homelessnes. There's nothing like providing your own data. It's called "being responsible for your life choices".

You and I both know that YOUR definition of "homeless" is ludicrous, designed more as an employment program for underachieving sociology or psychology majors who try to convince us that we're up to our eyeballs in homeless people, and that anyone can be homeless tomorrow. After all, why work at McD's when you can get a job paying TWICE minimum wage at some counselling center or shelter, right? Best of all, you're getting paid by the government or a charitable institution, so you don't have to produce any results! A family moving to Wilmington who has to live out of their car for a month ISN'T homeless. They're going through a rough time, and they will get through it. There are millions of poor people who aren't homeless and will never BE homeless. Poverty has very little to do with homelessness. It can be a contributing cause, but not the root cause. You and I BOTH know that when we're addressing the TRUE homeless, we're talking about the chronic homeless.....and you know that in their case, the seventy-percent figure for substance abuse and mental illness is spot-on accurate. It's also ludicrous to say that no one chooses to live that way. I am related to a man who lives in a very nice home with his sister, but every now and then simply takes off to hang out under the bridge and drink cheap wine with his buddies. In about a week or so, maybe two, he'll call and ask her to come get him. After showering to wash the vomit and urine smell away, he'll do fine for a short while...until that open road starts calling again. No bills, no responsibilities, answering to no one....some of them love it. As for me getting involved with the homeless, no thanks. I spent far too much of my life in the company of drunks and loonies. I managed my life quite well, and I'm not Superman. If I can do it, anyone can.