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Originally Posted by Delaney
No Wapato is successful because they serve a very low number of people that Helping Hands self-select. It's like private school scholarships for the homeless. What do you do with all the folks that aren't anywhere near equipped to deal with life due to our broken society? This is a national crisis, we just happen to be a hotspot for reasons around our climate, our location, and our politics.
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I don't know enough about Wapato I guess, I just read how residents like being away from that scene.
As far as what we do with all the mentally ill, drug addicted etc. - my hope is that these safe rest villages are a starting point. They're supposed to have showers, laundry, social services on site. I think the city really needs to clear camps more frequently when these are up and running, since there will be these places to really get help. I would think having designated, sanctioned homeless camps makes it easier for social services to make more of an impact rather than having people randomly camping all over the city.