You shouldn't expect handouts when you're homeless.
Jack lost his job and couldn't afford to stay in his apartment, so he started to live in his car and going to the homeless shelter for food and showers.
Jack wants to find a new job.
Jack is proactive in his job search, volunteers in the shelter, and speaks with the caseworkers in the homeless shelter to ask them for help.
Jack waits around the homeless shelter for food and asks for money in the street.
Jack's initiative impresses the caseworkers, and they help him find a job and a low cost apartment to get him back in his feet.
Jack remains homeless and tries to survive from handouts.