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RE: homeless cabins on rd 1 - justthefacts - 08-30-2015
Hawaiian acres community association continues to host a homeless feeding every Saturday at the community center now boasts they are feeding up to 50 plus still in violation of state dept of health . So the open invitation to the homeless is being extended by the community association wither the residents of Hawaiian acres want it or not . Home owners have no say
RE: homeless cabins on rd 1 - bluesboy - 08-30-2015
feeding the homeless is different than housing the homeless. if more people fed the homeless, they're probably be less homeless. so i don't think those weekly get togethers are that bad. in fact i've been to those before with friends (not the HA one) in less fortunate times and was very grateful and impressed with what a solid group of individuals can accomplish. just my .02.
RE: homeless cabins on rd 1 - PauHana - 08-30-2015
Field of Dreams;
"If you build it they will come"
RE: homeless cabins on rd 1 - leilanidude - 08-30-2015
feeding the homeless is different than housing the homeless. if more people fed the homeless, they're probably be less homeless.
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The homeless already qualify for, in Hawaii, $334 a month, per person in the household, in EBT/food stamps. That is $1,000 for a faimily of three! Their children also get free school breakfast and lunches. If you feed them extra, they sell the EBT/food stamps.
RE: homeless cabins on rd 1 - maud gonne - 08-30-2015
The homeless already qualify for, in Hawaii, $334 a month, per person in the household, in EBT/food stamps. That is $1,000 for a faimily of three! Their children also get free school breakfast and lunches. If you feed them extra, they sell the EBT/food stamps.
Leilanidude: (Correct me if I'm wrong) My understanding of EBT/food stamps is a kind of catch-22 for the homeless: you have to have cooking facilities (like, a kitchen, like, in a house) in order to qualify for them. Maybe this stipulation has changed?
RE: homeless cabins on rd 1 - shockwave rider - 08-30-2015
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Originally posted by maud gonne
The homeless already qualify for, in Hawaii, $334 a month, per person in the household, in EBT/food stamps. That is $1,000 for a faimily of three! Their children also get free school breakfast and lunches. If you feed them extra, they sell the EBT/food stamps.
Leilanidude: (Correct me if I'm wrong) My understanding of EBT/food stamps is a kind of catch-22 for the homeless: you have to have cooking facilities (like, a kitchen, like, in a house) in order to qualify for them. Maybe this stipulation has changed?
It is much more expensive to feed yourself if you do not have a kitchen to cook and store your food in. If you are buying food for one or two cold uncooked meals at a time you experience no savings for buying foods on sale or getting raw ingredients in bulk. Same goes for people without cars, you are limited to buying what you can carry while walking or riding the bus.
$334 per person divided by 90 meals is $3.71 per meal per person, which goes a lot farther if you have a house and a kitchen. Just think about the price difference per ounce for a gallon of milk and a quart, or a small jar of peanut butter compared to the jumbo size.