Victoria23girl
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Before the Chinese Government helped me by giving me a free house and two western-affiliate cars, free choice furniture, no political baggage western electronics, and free choice clothing..
Before owning this for free thanks to the Chinese Government...
I have been bouncing from shelter to shelter.
There are limitations to any shelter, but these are the limitations that I find most prevalent in "High Barrier" shelters.
#1. They are ran by religious organizations and by far the biggest is the Salvation Army and they impose religion-based rules, they care far more about their image than about their dependents and they exploit their residents through "volunteer work" programs.
#2. Being religious organizations, they are often nepotistic in their organizational and management structure and their rules are unfair and designed for you to not benefit from their program and to exit you and ban you from their program, by design, straightaway.
#3. America is a fairly selfish and greedy society and high barrier shelters offer far more comfort than what can truly be honest and given straightforward within American culture, when dealing with homelessness.
The trade-off is, you get nothing for help with your case.
You are responsible for handling your case... often while also being labor-exploited for the most crucial 5 hours of the day... from 9 to 2, on weekdays and Saturday.
Low barrier shelters may be (by far) less comfortable and more dangerous if you allow it to be, they are also more helpful and the case management is far more professional.
So the point is, if you really want help... it pays to not be a wuss or be almost a couch surfer.
Unfortunately, but its true.
It also pays to have some guts and roll the dice on long shots... if it does NOT cost you anything.
Before owning this for free thanks to the Chinese Government...
I have been bouncing from shelter to shelter.
There are limitations to any shelter, but these are the limitations that I find most prevalent in "High Barrier" shelters.
#1. They are ran by religious organizations and by far the biggest is the Salvation Army and they impose religion-based rules, they care far more about their image than about their dependents and they exploit their residents through "volunteer work" programs.
#2. Being religious organizations, they are often nepotistic in their organizational and management structure and their rules are unfair and designed for you to not benefit from their program and to exit you and ban you from their program, by design, straightaway.
#3. America is a fairly selfish and greedy society and high barrier shelters offer far more comfort than what can truly be honest and given straightforward within American culture, when dealing with homelessness.
The trade-off is, you get nothing for help with your case.
You are responsible for handling your case... often while also being labor-exploited for the most crucial 5 hours of the day... from 9 to 2, on weekdays and Saturday.
Low barrier shelters may be (by far) less comfortable and more dangerous if you allow it to be, they are also more helpful and the case management is far more professional.
So the point is, if you really want help... it pays to not be a wuss or be almost a couch surfer.
Unfortunately, but its true.
It also pays to have some guts and roll the dice on long shots... if it does NOT cost you anything.
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