What is the current system to help homeless people?
The current system of homeless programs focuses on providing short-term assistance until families and individuals are able to get on their feet with employment and/or public assistance designed to support families with children. Families and single parents with children are eligible to access public assistance funds that are not available to individuals and childless couples. The current system of homeless programs achieves a measure of success by providing short-term services to families and individuals who have become temporarily homeless or episodically homeless. This approach directs resources toward people-primarily families-who are able to move more quickly towards self-sufficiency and independence. It is not the purpose of the Ten-Year Plan to dismantle the current system. Instead, this plan is meant to expand the current system and provide services for individuals who are disabled, chronically homeless, and not served by the current system either due to the nature of their disa
