I wonder if the debt-counselling advice of &quot;tackle the worst debt first and pay it off entirely before touching your other debts&quot; has an equivalent here? Maybe instead of sheltering and feeding 20 people, they could shelter, feed, and empower 5, enough to get those people out of the system and make room for the next 5. In the end, with several such facilities operating this way, available care slots would actually <i>increase</i>.