You should realize that there's a huge confounding variable in your sample size of 1 on your model client there. You gave him a ton of individualized tutoring. That's effort. And you'd need to do that with a ton of money because no one is going to send a fleet of life coaches to help homeless people for free. Ironic you say that money isn't the problem when very clearly it is. You've proven it takes a monumental approach more than people realize.
This reminds me of that show Extreme Home Makeover in that there was a number of failures afterwards. This was due to only a surface issue being fixed but there were problems with the family in general. They couldn’t maintain a nice home for the long run or pay their bills. This happens with other remedy shows as well. I know engineers that help create homeless shelters and they say they don’t work because the homeless don’t want to follow the rules. Many don’t want to try. They could care less.
Holding hands while holding people to account is imperative -In the beginning the expectations may need to be small-I remember working with a psychiatrist who held group each morning -he expected the patients to come on time for the group with their hygiene done - if they arrived late they were not permitted to sit in on the group that day. If they were obviously unkempt he told them to leave and return the next day -these were patients with multiple psychiatric issues. He was gentle, he was caring, but he held people to account.As a nurse my job was to encourage the ones who might need reminders 1)what time the group session was 2) hair combed,clean clothes tucked in etc . His patients adored him, and this nurse respected him. He believed in them! Very important!
I'm curious to know your thoughts on Mark Laita's explanation for the problem of homelessness in America (link to his argument here: https://youtu.be/Q9hrH-sZ0Vc?t=674). His message is largely a negative one - in that it is infeasible to help a lot of homeless people at a societal/government level (as an enormous amount of support is needed for each person, and there is no guarantee they will develop the self-worth/adult skills to build something of themselves).
Note: I am not claiming that people can't help at an individual level (as you did with that one man you mentioned in your account).
You should realize that there's a huge confounding variable in your sample size of 1 on your model client there. You gave him a ton of individualized tutoring. That's effort. And you'd need to do that with a ton of money because no one is going to send a fleet of life coaches to help homeless people for free. Ironic you say that money isn't the problem when very clearly it is. You've proven it takes a monumental approach more than people realize.
This reminds me of that show Extreme Home Makeover in that there was a number of failures afterwards. This was due to only a surface issue being fixed but there were problems with the family in general. They couldn’t maintain a nice home for the long run or pay their bills. This happens with other remedy shows as well. I know engineers that help create homeless shelters and they say they don’t work because the homeless don’t want to follow the rules. Many don’t want to try. They could care less.
Holding hands while holding people to account is imperative -In the beginning the expectations may need to be small-I remember working with a psychiatrist who held group each morning -he expected the patients to come on time for the group with their hygiene done - if they arrived late they were not permitted to sit in on the group that day. If they were obviously unkempt he told them to leave and return the next day -these were patients with multiple psychiatric issues. He was gentle, he was caring, but he held people to account.As a nurse my job was to encourage the ones who might need reminders 1)what time the group session was 2) hair combed,clean clothes tucked in etc . His patients adored him, and this nurse respected him. He believed in them! Very important!
I'm curious to know your thoughts on Mark Laita's explanation for the problem of homelessness in America (link to his argument here: https://youtu.be/Q9hrH-sZ0Vc?t=674). His message is largely a negative one - in that it is infeasible to help a lot of homeless people at a societal/government level (as an enormous amount of support is needed for each person, and there is no guarantee they will develop the self-worth/adult skills to build something of themselves).
Note: I am not claiming that people can't help at an individual level (as you did with that one man you mentioned in your account).