DALLAS...again

Dallas was our city
• The number of estimated homeless people in the county was around 6,000
• 10 % of unmet need from the Mayor’s Report with regards to food that comes from the food pantries. This was interesting when you consider the report states that there was a 77% increase in funding in this area.

In 2004, when this city took the pledge to end homelessness in ten years, times were different. The answer as to why they are not providing better, enough, or more comprehensive services is kind of tricky. Prior to this crisis, and for a good number of decades, the homeless were not your working or middle class individuals. Thanks to some corruption on a number of levels, millions have now lost their homes and jobs and as a result are now poor. People who back in 2004 could not begin to fathom what this would be like are now at the pantries trying to grab some grub. Well, this has stalled things across the country and will take a good number of years before they can begin to combat this issue.