Has anyone plotted a timeline graph comparing homeless counts/estimates against the number of public and non-profit workers servicing them and the number of daily meals served them?  Probably three rising lines running right on top of each other, I'm just guessing.   

Without tribal bonding - connections from people who actually want to be connected - serving people on the street only makes homeless living a better option that it used to be.  I contend a major element of the homelessness problem is lack of familial bonding (and deep, meaningful, sacrificial caring) beyond parent-child. And even that narrow bond is weak in America compared with most non-western cultures).  Just how I see it.