blog post 8

Homelessness is a now very  systematic problems that is much harder to fix than most would think. I’ve heard many people say very negative things about homeless. The most frequent ones I hear are, they should just get a job it they act like its hard, If i just give them money they will buy drugs and they shouldn’t have some things like a cell phones or computers .Most having the mentality that if one is homeless they did something to deserve. And it’s sad to think society will not help people and their is so much that can be changed. But political, economical, and societal changes need to be done. After professor Spick was speaking on the connections that need to be made to help more problems be solved, Such as making the organizations communicate with one another and plan out things more with the ones surrounding them. Then he started to explain how each organization is in competition with one another, I started to assume for money. One example that came up was Redlands Family Service Association. In comparison to other services such as  the church, which was closed down. They are an older organization being around for over 120 years, and having the most funds out of all of them. The reason being they don’t offer long term help, like housing or much job help. They only offer food and clothing, which is very helpful but in no world enough to end the problem they so badly want gone.