[jen30977]

i know from my own volunteer work that about half of the homeless you see on the street are mentally imbalanced, and about the same amount have been released from prison or prison hospitals with noplace to go. very often it’s a combination of the 2. homeless women are a lot more rare, mostly because being a woman on the streets is so dangerous. women are likely to seek shelters and enroll in programs. completely seprate are homeless kids. often they’re runaways, or their parents were homeless and left them or died, or the kid’s drug addiction, mental disease or violence got in the way. homelessness happens to other people- when the sole breadwinner of a family can’t or won’t earn and they can’t pay the rent, when they’re kicked off disability and don’t know where to turn, etc. but in answer to your ethics question, no i don’t give money to random homeless out begging on the streets. those are just the opportunists. the real needy are out raiding dumpsters, or gathering cans for recycling, or trying to get by somehow, not just sitting around panhandling. give to trustworthy, organized charities instead of throwing your money away.

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Name : jen30977, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 19, City : NY, State : NY, Country : United States, Occupation : emt, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class, 

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