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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chuter" data-source="post: 4014800" data-attributes="member: 13693">This might be a good start, coupled with a public information campaign saying don't give to panhandlers, instead have a list of organizations to donate to that offer them help.  The ones that want help will seek it out.Of course some won't take advantage of legit help.I suggest a book called The Glass Castle, it's a memoir about a woman growing up in a nomadic family.  In the end her parents didn't want help, they figured living by dumpster diving was living by their wits, sticking it to the man.Forcing people like that into housing or rehab isn't going to work.</blockquote>