I agree with you. That is a serious problem among that part of the population though (mental illness). 1 in 4 homeless suffer from mental illness, many are seriously mentally ill. Also, after time many people begin developing mental health issues from being homeless as survival of the environment is different and very rough on the psyche. This compounded issue pretty much started with the Reagan Administration when they closed mental institutions and threw those people out on the streets. Since then, the US has continued its ignorance by imprisoning these people for crimes while they often cannot comprehend the way the law works, and the system provides little to no help with their mental health. When these people return to the streets, they are incapable of changing and just continue to fall into the same trap. Often times people get released and are expected to take ownership of meeting with mental health doctors and taking their meds, which they are usually incapable of doing on their own. At the end of the day it does no good to give a mentally ill homeless adult money, they cannot be expected to do anything beneficial with it.