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Are you kidding me? We literally dump our mental health patients on the streets. [1] How many of the homeless in SF/NYC that you see have kids with them? The

• gph 7y ago
  "In a national survey, 60 percent of homeless women and 41 percent of homeless men had at least one minor child, but only 39 percent of women and 3 percent of men lived with any children (Burt et al., 1999)" [1] Most homeless people have had children, they just get taken away from them. [1]https://aspe.hhs.gov/report/homeless-children-update-research-policy-programs-and-opportunities/children-separated-homeless-families https://aspe.hhs.gov/report/homeless-children-update-researc...
• jimmysacks 7y ago
  You didn't read my post. We should be forcing the mentally Ill into treatment, not giving them a choice to stay on the streets.