[00:02.56]2006 [00:06.22]The homeless make up a growing percentage [00:08.51]of America's population. [00:10.53](1)Indeed homelessness has reached such proportions [00:13.65]that local governments can't possibly (2)cope. [00:16.93]To help homeless people (3)toward independence, [00:19.85]the federal government must support job training programs, [00:23.68](4)raise the minimum wage, [00:25.60]and fund more low-cost housing. [00:28.12](5)Not everyone agrees on the number of Americans [00:30.88]who are homeless. [00:32.44]Estimates (6)range anywhere from 600,000 to 3 million. [00:37.30](7)Although the figure may vary, [00:38.86]analysts do agree on another matter: [00:42.03]that the number of the homeless is (8)increasing. [00:45.22]One of the federal government’s studies [00:47.33](9)predicts that the number of the homeless [00:49.35]will reach nearly 19 million [00:51.08]by the end of this decade. [00:53.54]Finding ways to (10)assist this growing homeless population [00:56.67]has become increasingly difficult. [00:59.29](11)Even when homeless individuals manage to [01:01.51]find a (12)shelter that will give them three meals a day [01:04.53]and a place to sleep at night, [01:06.95]a good number still spend the bulk of [01:09.07]each day (13)wandering the street. [01:11.19]Part of the problem is that many homeless adults [01:14.32]are addicted to alcohol or drugs. [01:17.04]And a significant number of the homeless [01:19.73]have serious mental disorders. [01:22.15]Many others, (14)while not addicted or mentally ill, [01:25.18]simply lack the everyday (15)survival skills [01:27.80]needed to turn their lives (16)around. [01:30.42]Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy [01:32.64]notes that the situation will improve only [01:35.15]when there are (17)comprehensive programs [01:37.58]that address the many needs of the homeless. [01:40.40](18)As Edward Zlotkowski, [01:42.01]director of community service at Bentley College [01:44.74]in Massachusetts, (19)puts it, [01:46.75]"There has to be (20)coordination of programs. [01:49.27]What’s needed is a package deal."

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