Homelessness and the Front Porch
Mik writes:
I would like to see a ongoing discussion of the impact to us and on us as the result of meeting and attempting to help the homeless that we see each day. The future does not look good for this social dilemma.
FOR EXAMPLE: It seems to me many folks want to work for $$$. How might we help them and ourselves 'assuming' we had a few dollars allocated weekly to give them to help out with cleaning and maintenance? We need on-going maintenance and trying out different folks, in gradually increasing their responsibilities, based on proven performance, may be mutually helpful to us both. Certainly not a cure for homelessness in our time, it is however more biblical and meets an immediate need. I will give the first $25 for a small fund for this. What wage would we pay people and how would it be set up? I would also be willing to work with you Christina to develop this and oversee it. Comments/ Suggestions folks?
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posted by The Coreman at 8:20 AM
2 Comments:
I am certainly open to this, although my first thought would be that we shouldn't let just anybody work for cash. We need to wait till they've had a chance to prove themselves. I think this is what you're saying anyway.
We also need to make sure they're not in a destructive cycle of homelessness. Although it's a good thing to let a person work for money once you are confident they'll spend it on food, it's still not the thing they need the most. They need help to get out of the cycle. But maybe that is something that's outside our reach anyway, in our current stage of development.
8:26 AM
One more thing... if we have somebody who's regularly doing work for money, isn't that kind of like having an employee? Is that a good thing, or a bad thing?
8:27 AM
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