I call them guesthouses because the places I've worked at are NOT like the Salvation Army. The Salvation Army is a horrible place to stay. But I've done one on one pastoral counseling with the homeless and made great gains. Also the places I worked at made strides to make sure the homeless could get medications. For example, the Truman Medical Center in Kansas City offers 4 dollars for each medication. And it's state funded. So we would pay for medications if they couldn't pay and it was free to see a psychiatrist there. Well actually they were doing they're residency and they would report to a main psychiatrist who would prescribe. But their are resources out there and not every shelter is the same. So we had schizophrenics get medications for free each month, and I would drive them to their 10 minute appointments. I know it doesn't seem like much and I wish things could change, but we have to make do with what we have. We have to make a change even if the political atmosphere is not ideal.