State is doing what it can to address homelessness

One story after another in the Mail Tribune describes the many ways that homelessness affects all of us — teachers, cops, social workers, park employees, shopkeepers, bus drivers, ODOT workers, newspaper reporters, family members and residents — in heart-rending and often frustrating experiences. The homeless adults that we encounter on sidewalks in in parks are just the tip of the iceberg. The 5 percent of children in our schools who are without stable homes are less visible. It is hard ...