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.