A different perspective and example of homelessness through blogging I caught on through Theresa’s site sidebar.

It was interesting I found this due to recent developments regarding the conflicting standards and definitions that our Federal Government has towards people experiencing homelessness. It was just in 2008 I confronted the business I was directing to be more proactive and asking a mere additional twelve questions during ‘homeless counts’ to discern if people locally were actually ‘hard sleeping’ or couch surfing…typical annual counts are only interested in providing input/support regarding the Housing and Urban Development Agency’s definition and criteria.

When they had the chance to collect the data for conclusive disclosure for present and future needs, they weren’t interested…until they could get their own slice of someone’s pie. To me that wasn’t serving the needs of the community, it was serving the needs of the business.

I encourage everyone to read this account and perspective, and thanks again, Theresa.