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WhiskeyGrinder

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32. Finland has made a good deal of progress with its housing first approach, and housing first combined with wraparound
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 02:11 PM
Jul 25

tailored support services is generally seen as the gold standard for ending homelessness for the mentally ill or addicted.

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Didn't Reagan kick homeless out of hospitals and treatment? I don't trust trumpsters to treat Silent Type Jul 24 #1
. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 24 #2
Yeah, well they aren't getting treatment now or it's failing. Again don't trust trump, but 60% of homeless Silent Type Jul 24 #4
Those who are capable of holding employment will be hired out as slave labor... regnaD kciN Jul 24 #5
So, what's your solution to help homeless that actually has a chance of being enacted? Silent Type Jul 24 #7
Housing first. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 25 #15
"it's better than letting people suffer on street as we do now." WhiskeyGrinder Jul 25 #14
Yes. He dumped them onto the streets in Chicago, etc kerry-is-my-prez Jul 25 #13
If i remember correctly it was never often followed up with good services etc. electric_blue68 Jul 25 #39
It was the ACLU that led this in the Supreme Court Melon Jul 25 #43
First time I agree with Dump Bluesaph Jul 25 #44
Or they could just build some fucking housing leftstreet Jul 24 #3
Where are they going to find these hospitals willing to LisaL Jul 24 #6
So, 19th century asylums but this time it's for PROFIT BABY. Why should prisons Maru Kitteh Jul 24 #8
+1. The 'hospitals' will be built and run by private prison companies dalton99a Jul 24 #9
One more way to break the bank. Nt lostnfound Jul 24 #10
Another evil AF executive order. Initech Jul 25 #11
I support this if it gets mentally ill homeless off the street Melon Jul 25 #12
Most people living w Mental Illness Are Non Violent electric_blue68 Jul 25 #34
Right. But the order allocates federal funding to direct addicts to treatment centers Melon Jul 25 #35
It's how it will be done that concerns me... electric_blue68 Jul 25 #37
Next level of Alligator Alcatraz IzzaNuDay Jul 25 #16
Exactly! peggysue2 Jul 25 #22
He's bringing a nation to heel, starting with the "low/hanging fruit." Heidi Jul 25 #23
Isn't he already destroying healthcare access and hospital systems... ananda Jul 25 #17
I know plenty of people with Bettie Jul 25 #18
Also, this would create more homeless people who Trump.. ananda Jul 25 #19
So getting people into treatment ho need it is a bad thing? This finally allocates federal funding to expand Melon Jul 25 #36
Where are hospitals going to get the space? Bettie Jul 25 #40
It's not about the admin to me if the alternative Melon Jul 25 #41
Like they're only rounding up criminals Bettie Jul 25 #45
That can happen. It happened back when we had mental hospitals. Melon Jul 25 #46
What facilities are they planning to use? MineralMan Jul 25 #20
These people are simply incapable of connecting dots. travelingthrulife Jul 25 #21
By "hospitals," he no doubt means warehouses run by contractors. Heidi Jul 25 #24
If he gets his way, I hope people understand this will include innocent kids. Passages Jul 25 #25
Call this what it is, imprisonment indusurb Jul 25 #26
+1. Imprisonment and burial dalton99a Jul 25 #27
And aslo Democrats, LGBT+, whoever they say is mentally ill obamanut2012 Jul 25 #28
First stop to concentration camps bucolic_frolic Jul 25 #29
Has any other country solved this problem. multigraincracker Jul 25 #30
Finland has made a good deal of progress with its housing first approach, and housing first combined with wraparound WhiskeyGrinder Jul 25 #32
Greece closed their mental hospitals and the result Melon Jul 25 #42
"Hospitals" 😂😂😂 IrishAfricanAmerican Jul 25 #31
Work camps orangecrush Jul 25 #33
Isn't Trump the guy EndlessWire Jul 25 #38
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