Brooke,
I love the points that you made about how the homeless community effects the community around them in a much larger way than most people realize. It becomes so easy for people to simple turn their heads and roll up their windows when they see someone in need because they think it's that person's fault they are there and that it doesn't effect them if they help out. Yet as you pointed out, the effects are huge. Not only that, but a majority of the time, it is not the homeless person's fault that they have come to that situation, may things can influence a persons financial situation and you never know it that could be you one day.