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And it has worked for 40 percent of the homeless in Kansas
City. And two years ago, the agency realized that it had run
out of homeless. It had done too well! And they disbanded that
program. And now they are looking for another cause, and they
have turned down three or four. The need is there, but they
don’t see a way to achieve results. And they have said that unless
they can find something where they can have results, they won’t
tackle it. Otherwise you waste. And wasting money is not even
so bad; you waste human resources.

From a lecture given at Claremont Graduate University.