Reply #33: Start with stable housing

[meganmonkey]

and go from there. Not a cot in a room full of other people, but real housing. An efficiency apartment or whatever.

Offer stable housing with as few strings attached as possible. A place where they can stay for more than 30 days.

Whether or not drugs are in the picture, that is the most successful way to get a homeless person on track for recovery and self-sufficiency.

Stable housing. And access to social workers/counselors to help them figure out what gov't programs they qualify for (drug treatment, food assistance, job training, medical insurance, disability, etc).