Albuquerque is a growing city and jobs are being made in many industries and start-ups around the area here. But you drive more than a few blocks, you are guaranteed to see someone standing on a street corner with a cardboard sign begging for work. Many of these people are not homeless, but are able-bodied individuals that claim to be willing to work.
I have heard and read about a program in Utah that gives homes to the homeless (http://nationswell.com/one-state-track-become-first-end-homelessness-2015/), that other states are starting to adopt. I want to see a similar program here that will give jobs to the jobless, getting them off the streets, and protecting them by giving these people the jobs (and money) that they need to move forward in life, rather than desperately hoping to get a handout, and relying on public aid such as welfare.
I think that Albuquerque has the resources to do this, and has been a leader in creating a better future for it's residents. Let this be one more step into the future, for everyone.
Help residents in Albuquerque get off the streets and get the jobs that they are asking for. Cardboard signs begging for work are not the answer, but a work program sponsered by the city these people belong to, is.
