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A pretty large percentage of homeless people have severe mental illness [1]. Most people in that boat are not going to benefit much from being handed 50K withou
by caddemon 6y ago
A pretty large percentage of homeless people have severe mental illness [1]. Most people in that boat are not going to benefit much from being handed 50K without active support/guidance. But yeah it goes beyond "education", they need serious medical help.
[1] https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/The_homeless_mentally_ill https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/The_homele...
- boringg 6y agoA major contributor of the California homeless problem has been supposed to be tied to the de-institutionalization of many people of mental health institutions back in the 60s - its been a sad state of affairs since then. A patchwork of policy with good intentions but poor execution and funding. (https://www.kqed.org/news/11209729/did-the-emptying-of-mental-hospitals-contribute-to-homelessness-here https://www.kqed.org/news/11209729/did-the-emptying-of-menta...)