In a message dated 9/8/2007 10:16:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:but most important helping homeless is.....Matthew 25 that some will go to heaven and some not simply based on what they did in situations. One of those situations is what we did with a homeless person..the gospels, but he was simply repeating what Isiah penned below...Isiah 58There are lots of smart people who can both quote Isaiah and innovate ways to end, rather than enable, homelessness. Missions such as MSM, especially those with the lowest ratings (They are now down to Zero Efficiency rating) and uncredentialed staff, do nothing to end the cycle, that revolving door, of the poor and homeless. They may temporarily ease a situation with prolonged fixes, but they don't benefit the community nor the indigent: They prolong the cycle. There are numerous studies confirming that. "The ministrations of uncredentialed healers" never lobby to correct the conditions which lead to poverty. They enable the cycle. Temporary fixes for the unfortunate, and beaucoup bucks for their directors' salaries. Where are all the testimonials from MSM, not the anonymous ones? Documented evidence of say 10-12 men, one for each decade they've been in existence, showing how MSM enabled people with sustainable skills to lift them from poverty and achieve self-sufficiency? "Dimentikate tutto: il fatto non c'e ztato." Or to paraphrase Harry Truman, I'm from a "Show Me" State-of mind. Don't digress about Covenant House. Asbury Park, now more than ever, has lots of folks who can and are tending to the temporary needs of the homeless.Not like before when we were infested with exploiters who auto-banked the social security checks and left those entrusted to their care in "homes" permeated with the smell of urine. Asbury Park got smarter and can work on innovative initiatives trying to eliminate hunger and chronic homelessness among our own;there's no benefit to importing people simply to justify JSRM, and, in the process put this city back in a quagmire of poverty.Innovations Public Click here: Interagency Council on Homelessness <http://www.ich.gov/innovations/index.html> or Private Click here: United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta - Commission on homelessness <http://www.unitedwayatlanta.org/e0-homeless.asp> ========================================================================\ ==============================================Newest ratings worse for MSM: Click here: Charity Navigator - Your Search Results <http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?keyword_list=&bay=search.resu\ lts&cgid=6&cuid=28&location=2&stid=10&city=&overallrtg=&size=&ceosalary=\ &scopeid=&Submit=Submit&sortby=rtg> Charity NameAtlantic City Rescue Mission <http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/9247\ .htm> HomeFront <http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/9849\ .htm> Market Street Mission <http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/7622\ .htm> Homeless Solutions, Inc. <http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/8532\ .htm> Rescue Mission of Trenton <http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/9848\ .htm> LocationAtlantic City, NJLawrenceville, NJMorristown, NJMorristown, NJTrenton, NJOverall Rating
(56.44) (61.58) (31.61) (68.16) (69.39)Program Expenses79.5%90.8%62.3%81.6%93.9%Admin Expenses5.8%6.1%9.8%11.2%5.2%Fund Expenses14.6%3.0%27.7%7.0%0.7%Fund Efficiency$0.15$0.05$0.38$0.05$0.00Efficiency Rating (32.95) (39.08)0 Stars (18.73) (38.16) (39.39)Revenue Growth7.8%29.7%-0.7%8.8%11.0%Program Growth8.4%31.2%4.9%12.6%13.4%Working Capital0.390.140.451.521.38Capacity Rating (23.49) (22.50) (12.87) (30.00) (30.00)Total Revenue$3,853,837$4,556,080$2,857,818$3,280,157$3,639,300Total Expenses$3,666,906$4,308,919$2,941,464$2,297,358$3,464,492Excess/Deficit\ $186,931$247,161$-83,646$982,799$174,808Net Assets$4,681,178$766,433$6,180,316$6,708,273$6,184,786CEO Compensation % of Expenses$77,154 2.10% $88,410 2.05% $93,313 3.17% $105,909 4.61% $113,466 3.27% Donor Privacy Policy YesNoNoNoNo ========================================================================\ ====================================Putting Band-Aids on Gunshot WoundsFrom Click here: Public Agenda Press Release: Compassion, Concern and Conflicted Feelings Influence New Yorkers' Perceptions of Hom <http://www.publicagenda.org/press/press_release_detail.cfm?report_title\ =Compassion,%20Concern%20and%20Conflicted%20Feelings> March 2007 Research Study on Homelessness============================================================\ ====================================================Forse 'ste bestie nun me caperanno, ma provo armeno la soddisfazzione de pot_ di' le cose come stanno senza paura de fini_ in priggione. No way of telling if they've understood. Whether they have or not, it does me good to call things what they are without the dread of having to go to jail for what I've said. ALL'OMBRA, Piazza Trilusso, Rome
