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{It has bee suggested that people are homeless somehow because of Ronald
Regan, of all people. This current survey says these people are newly
homeless and one-third are veterans. This is not surprising under the "We
loathe the military" Clinton reign. What is sad is that 25% of them are
women, a group this administration pretended to champion. Regan had no
power to close STATE institutions for the mentall ill. Only states can do
that. If he cut federal funding to them, good for him! The federal govt
has no business in the treatment and care of the mentally ill. That is the
responsibility of each state and if they fail to do so, it is their shame
and responsibility. The idea of "federally controlled asylums" sounds like
a KGB plot. The majority of these people surveyed appear to be victims of
the false prosperity currently in this country and not mentally ill. Most
are homeless for the first time or have been so for less than five years,
65% less than a year. I don't believe we can blame Regan for these. AKE}
Women, Vietnam vets make up growing percentage of homeless, survey shows
The Associated Press
12/29/00 1:29 AM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- A survey of rescue missions across the country,
including one in Birmingham and one in Bessemer, shows that women and
Vietnam veterans make up an increasing percentage of homeless people.
The survey, which included the Jimmie Hale Mission in Birmingham and City of
Hope in Bessemer, was compiled by the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions.
It included interviews of 20,250 homeless people who were staying at
shelters during October 2000. Of those surveyed, 22 percent were younger
than 25.
"There are several surprises. One is how young they are," said Tony Cooper,
executive director of the Jimmie Hale Mission. "About a third were homeless
for the first time. It destroys the idea all the homeless are old and it's a
chronic thing."
The survey also shows a shift over the last five years to an older homeless
population, and a third of those surveyed said they were never before
homeless, while 65 percent said they had been homeless less than a year.
"The streets of America are full of new homeless people," said the Rev.
Steve Burger, executive director of the Association of Gospel Rescue
Missions.
Veterans make up a third of homeless people and 47 percent of the homeless
veterans served in Vietnam, up from 38 percent in last year's survey.
Nationally, about 24 percent of the homeless are women, up from 19 percent
in 1995, according to the survey.
The survey also showed that 29 percent of men and 27 percent of women are in
rehabilitation. Racially, the breakdown was 42 percent white, 41 percent
black and 13 percent Hispanic.
Copyright 2000 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not
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