Talking to the homeless, alcoholics, addicts and anyone that presented with a diagnosed psychological or neurological disorder and writing an after report was only part of what a post grad psychologist did to relieve the case backlog around 116th St in Manhattan in 1970 at Columbia. The problems people present today are the manifest same as their parents. Whatever they are or are doing isn't subject to your approval for public funding. You may not give, grant nor award public funds to be used for anything with any qualifying exception of any otherwise acceptable or legal behavior that you or any group don't happen to approve of. Nick, this isn't a primer on alcohol or drugs in shelters. It's about addressing homelessness and we don't have to solve all societies ills before we start. It's about civic responsibility.Lastly, I know the Catholic church has stepped forward and picked up the responsibility that should be the states. The state should take the lead.