Whilst touring in San Francisco the tour bus driver educated everybody as to why San Francisco had so many people who were homeless. Apparently people from all over the US move to San Fran to become homeless as the conditions are so fantastic. For example you can receive several free health care visits, a free meal each day - and the clincher - you can earn up to $300 a day begging. Which our tour conductor informed us was more than he earned. I managed to refrain from asking when the tour conductor was changing careers into homelessness . And here I was thinking mental health issues, disability and drugs played a key role in homelessness!!!!
Jo KaedingChildren's Librarian and PhD student. Interested in library programs for children with special needs. You can follow me on Twitter :
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April 2017
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