Unfortunatly, most of the folks I knew during my years in social work went the wrong way... I mean, I would take the "welfare car" (That's what our client's called them) to Central State Hospital in Petersburg, Va. and pick up two or three clients and getn them situated in rooming houses and get tem approved for various services, food, etc.. Most would do well for a month or two and some would actually get their acts together, find jobs and move back into the mainstream... But that was very few of the folks I would carry on my case load... But my situation was somewhat different in that I was getting a disporportionate number of folks who had been referred my Mental Health...

But I do have a number of clients who have stuck with me thru the years and perhaps I'll talk about them using fake names, of course...

B~